Journal 7

I think Romeo and Juliet are viewed as heroes at the end of Act 5. That's because when they died, the two families, Montague and Capulet, no longer hated each other and agreed to properly bury their kids properly. Lord Capulet says, "As rich shall Romeo's by his lady's lie— Poor sacrifices of our enmity!" Here he says that with Romeo and Juliet's dead bodies lie the hatred of their families.