1. What is the purpose of Act V? Does it simply resolve the plot (after all, the tragic trajectory of the story seems fairly obvious by the end of Act IV)? Or does it provide a moral injunction? Or does the way in which the plot is resolved (in language and in action) deepen our understanding of the human nature language and action display?

(image source: postcard from the home page of Baz Luhrman's Romeo and Juliet)