Romeo did not get a letter that was sent to him to explain that Juliet faked her death to run off with Romeo in the near future. Romeo is mistaken and believes that Juliet has died, so now that Romeo feels that he has no other reason to live he buys a bottle of poison and goes to Juliet's tomb and kills himself. Right after he died Juliet woke up and found him dead and because she was so depressed she killed herself too. This is why attraction for Romeo and Juliet is not as simple as it