This quote comes just as Romeo has taken the poison, and
as he feels his body shutting down, he remembers the apothecary, and testifies to the
truthfulness of his words. If you remember, the apothecary says that his poison is
incredibly strong, and Romeo recognises the validity of his opinion as he feels the
poison's effect on his body.
Arguably, throughout the
entire play we have seen that Romeo has been incredibly impatient. He is desperate to
marry Juliet straight away and, finding that she has supposedly died, sets himself on a
course of destruction, determining to die next to his love and be united together in
death. The phrase that he utters as he dies, "Thy drugs are quick," indicates that
having decided to die, he wants to commit suicide in the swiftest way possible so that
he can be with Juliet. You could therefore argue that this represents yet another
example of the impatience of Romeo.
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