Who Should Juliet Marry? (2024)

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Lord Capulet tells Juliet she must marry a man called Paris, not knowing she is already married. Friar Laurence gives Juliet a potion that will make her appear dead so she does not have to marry again. He sends Romeo a note to explain the plan and Juliet takes the potion.

Act 1, scene 2 In conversation with Capulet, Count Paris declares his wish to marry Juliet. Capulet invites him to a party that night.

The scene starts with Lady Capulet telling Juliet that Lord Capulet has arranged her marriage to Paris in four days' time. Juliet refuses to marry and her father threatens to disown her.

Lady Capulet wants Juliet to marry Paris because it is the best way for Juliet to secure a stronger social position, while increasing the family's influence in Verona. During this time, women could not inherit their parents' fortunes, so they had to find security through marriage.

Who is Tybalt in love with? Tybalt does not have a love interest in Romeo and Juliet. His strongest feelings are loyalty to his family. The 1996 film adaptation implies that Tybalt and Lady Capulet are in love, but the play itself does not necessarily imply this.

Juliet's father forces her into a marriage with Count Paris. To avoid this marriage, Juliet takes a potion, given her by the friar, that makes her appear dead.

Almost immediately her mother comes to announce that Juliet must marry Paris. When Juliet refuses, her father becomes enraged and vows to put her out on the streets. The Nurse recommends that Juliet forget the banished Romeo and regard Paris as a more desirable husband.

Romeo is the teenage son of the Montague family, who are busy feuding with the Capulets. In the beginning, Romeo is brooding over his unrequited love for Rosaline. When he sees Juliet at a party, Romeo instantly falls in love with her instead. They impulsively decide to marry the next day.

Juliet. Juliet is the only child of Lord and Lady Capulet. She has been promised in marriage to Paris. At a party, she meets Romeo and instantly falls in love with him, even though he is her 'enemy' and a Montague.

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Count Paris, a kinsman of the Prince, tells Capulet that he wants to marry his daughter, Juliet. Capulet's a little reluctant to agree because his daughter is so young, but he tells Paris that if he can woo Juliet successfully, then he'll grant him permission to marry her.

Later however, when Juliet is grieving over Romeo being sent away, Capulet thinks her sorrow is due to Tybalt's death and in a misguided attempt to cheer her up, he wants to surprise her by arranging a marriage between her and Count Paris – the catch is that she has to be "ruled" by her father and to accept the ...

The Nurse turns against Romeo and suggests that Julieit should go ahead and marry Paris, even though she's married to Romeo. This is when Juliet stops confiding in the Nurse and depends solely on Friar Laurence for help. Juliet can no longer trust the Nurse if she does not support her marriage to Romeo.

Paris's feelings for Juliet are also a subject of some ambiguity, since the audience is never allowed access to his thoughts. Later textual evidence does indicate that Paris harbors a legitimate love for Juliet, and though he arrogantly assumes Juliet will want to marry him, Paris never treats her unkindly.

Because she is in love with Romeo, and secretly marries him, she cannot marry Paris, nor does she want to.

Lady Capulet asks Juliet how she feels about marriage, to which Juliet responds that she is disinterested, stating, "It is an honour that I dream not of." Lady Capulet informs her that Paris is interested in marrying her and he will be at the party that her father is hosting.

Paris says that Juliet's grief about Tybalt's death has made her unbalanced, and that Capulet, in his wisdom, has determined they should marry soon so that Juliet can stop crying and put an end to her period of mourning.

Friar Laurence does not want to marry Paris to Juliet because he has already wedded Romeo to Juliet. In the church, it is not possible for someone to be married to two people.