What is the main conflict in act 5 of Romeo and Juliet?

In act 5, Balthasar (Romeo's servant) brings Romeo news about Juliet: she is happy—in heaven, that is!

Then she is well, and nothing can be ill.
Her body sleeps in Capels' monument,
And her immortal part with angels lives (act V, scene i).

Romeo, rather than being pleased by Juliet's peace, is devastated. After Balthasar leaves, he admits his plan to die with Juliet:

Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight.
Let’s see for means (act V, scene i).

Romeo's primary conflict centers on his plan to kill himself to be with Juliet. He thinks about an apothecary that he once saw, and he imagines that he might be able to get poison from this man.


Another conflict, though, happens with Friar John. Friar John is sent by Friar Lawrence to get a letter to Romeo in Mantua. (Romeo has previously been banished from Verona for getting into fights despite the prince's decree that the Montague and Capulet families needed to maintain peace.) Unfortunately, Friar John ends up being delayed (getting quarantined with a household after visiting a sick person) and does not get the letter to Romeo.

This means that Romeo does not hear from Friar Lawrence that Juliet is actually alive; Friar Lawrence then attempts to find another way to fix this error. For instance, he tries to get another letter to Romeo, and he decides that he will bring Juliet back to his residence when she first wakes up (since Romeo probably won't be able to arrive when she first wakes, as originally planned). Much of the conflict in act V focuses on trying to get the true story to Romeo.