Romeo and Juliet

Why does Juliet describe the poison as a restorative?

act 5 scene 4

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She thinks that there is yet poison on Romeo's lips to kill her. Juliet thinks that dying will be "restorative" in that it will restore her to be with Romeo in the afterlife.

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