Act IV Scene V

Hermione's Burial

MP: Madame! Madame! Hermione is sleeping! At a time like this, no less! She'll have time enough for that tonight! Hermione? Hermione! Oh my! She's dead!

Enter Hermione's Mom

Herm. Mom: What's this?

MP: It's Hermione, she's dead!

Herm. Mom: Honey, help!

Enter Hermione's Dad

MP: Sir, Hermione is dead!

Herm. Dad: Never! Let me see! She's cold and stiff. No breath to be found. She's certainly dead. I am at a loss for words.

Enter Neville with Ron

Neville: Is Hermione ready for her wedding?

Herm. Mom: She is ready, yet may never move. Hermione is dead. Curse this day!

Neville: Don't go blaming it all on the fates. You, too has a part in this. It is better for her now, you couldn't keep her from death. You wanted her to move forward in life, and now that she has died you weep?

Herm. Dad: Come. We'll have a funeral of melancholy bells, a sad feast, and a buried corpse. All things opposite.

Exit