 Domitian confronts Paris alone; Paris humbly acknowledges his fault, and accepts his inevitable fate so sincerely that he almost seems able to talk his way out of his dire predicament.Domitian has Paris and his actors play a scene from a drama called "The False Servant", that parallels their present situation; Domitian himself plays the injured husband.When the time comes for the emperor to play his part, he kills Paris, stabbing him with his real sword instead of the "foil, / The point and edge rebutted", that the actors use for their pretend fights.