Here, here will I remain
With worms that are thy chamber-maids; O, here
Will I set up my everlasting rest,
And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars
From this world-wearied flesh.
– William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet, Act 5, Scene 3. In the space of a few days Romeo has killed two men and fallen in love and lost a wife. In this final monologue he speaks of choosing his own fate and shaking off the metaphorical "yoke" of bad fortune that he has been the victim of. Unafraid, he welcomes death as the only way he can be with Juliet. Using personification, he describes worms as Juliet’s "chamber-maids," because he believes that she is dead.