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"I'll bury thee in a ... grave"
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Act 5,
Scene 3
Lines 83-

The definition of a grave during Shakespeare's day in myShakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, At 5, Scene 3.

In Shakespeare’s day a grave referred to any receptacle for a corpse. Here “grave” refers to the Capulet family’s burial vault (a room with an arched stone ceiling). When Romeo says that he’s going to “bury” Paris’ corpse he means that he’s going to lay it in the burial vault.