What are 3 things Juliet says are preferable to marrying Paris?

Juliet. Oh, rather than ask me to marry Paris, you could tell me to leap from the castle walls, walk among highway robbers, dwell with snakes, chain myself to a post and let bears attack me.
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What does Juliet say about marrying Paris?

Lady Capulet tells Juliet about Capulet's plan for her to marry Paris on Thursday, explaining that he wishes to make her happy. Juliet is appalled. She rejects the match, saying “I will not marry yet; and when I do, I swear / It shall be Romeo—whom you know I hate— / Rather than Paris” (3.5. 121–123).
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What does Juliet say would rather do than marry Paris?

After Paris leaves, Juliet asks Friar Lawrence for help, brandishing a knife and saying that she will kill herself rather than marry Paris.
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What are some of the things Juliet says she would rather do than marry Paris in order to stay a good wife to Romeo?

She tells Friar Laurence that she can leap off a tower, become a thief, hide with serpents, be chained up with roaring bears, spend every night among dead men's bones, or lie beside a corpse in a new grave--anything, rather than marry Paris.
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Why does Juliet not want to marry Paris?

Nurse tells Juliet that Tybalt was killed by Romeo. The Friar delivers a message to Romeo from the Prince of Verona. The Friar explains to Romeo that he must leave Verona and never come back. Lord Capulet is sad that Juliet never married Paris because he thinks that it would have made her happy.
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Juliet is forced to marry Paris (Carlei)



Would Juliet have been better off marrying Paris?

Also Juliet could have benefitted from Paris's marriage than Romeo's. All these reasons added up make it clear that Paris would have been a better for Juliet. If Juliet were to marry Paris, the stress of keeping their marriage a secret would not be a problem.
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What reason does Juliet give for putting off marriage?

What reason does Juliet give for putting off the marriage? She argued that Paris had not yet had time to woo/date her.
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What is Juliet willing to do without fear or doubt rather than marry Paris?

rather than marry Paris? She would rather leap from a tower, become a thief , or even chain herself up with roaring bears.
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How does Juliet act when Paris kisses her?

Juliet responds indifferently, showing neither affection nor dislike. She remarks that she has not married him yet. On the pretense that he must hear Juliet's confession, Friar Lawrence ushers Paris away, though not before Paris kisses Juliet once.
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Why does Juliet tell her father that she is willing to marry Paris?

Juliet tells her father that she is willing to marry Paris so that she will be able to move forward with Friar Lawrence's plan to fake her death and reunite her with Romeo.
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Did Paris love Juliet give evidence?

Even though Paris's' love for Juliet was seen as a mere affection for her beauty and Paris had planed to marry Juliet through an arranged marriage, but as the play gets to and end it is show that Paris truly did love Juliet.
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How old is Juliet?

In Shakespeare's original story, Romeo is given the age of 16 years and Juliet is given the age of 13 years. The Montague and Capulet families originated in the Divine Comedy by the Italian author Dante Aligheri, rather than in Shakespeare.
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What does Juliet say about marrying Paris in Act 1?

Lady Capulet informs Juliet of Paris's marriage proposal and praises him extravagantly. Juliet says that she has not even dreamed of marrying, but that she will consider Paris as a possible husband if her parents wish her to.
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What are Juliet's options at the end of Act 3?

What does Juliet decide to do at the end of Act 3 Scene 5? Juliet decides to go to Friar Lawrence for advice. She tells the Nurse to tell her parents she is going to confession. Juliet decides that if all else fails, she will kill herself.
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What does Juliet think about Paris's interest in her?

She excitedly continues that Juliet must begin to think about marriage because the “valiant Paris” has expressed an interest in her (1.3. 76). Juliet dutifully replies that she will look upon Paris at the feast to see if she might love him.
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What does Juliet threaten to do if she is forced to be married to Paris?

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.
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What three fears about taking the potion does Juliet reveal?

What three fears does Juliet reveal in her soliloquy in Scene iii? The potion may not work; it may kill her; she may wake up alone in the tomb before Romeo comes.
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What are the four things Juliet fears?

1 of 5 What does Juliet fear may happen when she drinks the potion
  • She will feel no effect at all.
  • She will lose her mind and marry Paris.
  • She will forget all about Romeo.
  • She will die or wake up alone in the tomb.
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Why does Juliet's family want her to marry Paris quickly?

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...
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What is Juliet's famous parting line?

What is Juliet's famous parting line? "parting with such sorrow.
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What has Juliet decided to do with the ropes?

She wants to hang herself. This is foreshadowing her death. She uses personification by telling ropes to come and kill her. It is ironic to kill herself over Romeo's banishment with the ropes that were purposefully meant to bring Romeo to her.
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What animal would Juliet be?

However, Lender changes everything about R&J that bothers me turning it into a cute little romp of a tragedy. Romeo is a rooster and Juliet is a bear and instead of being in love they become BFF's! They don't commit suicide but go into hibernation and the theme is prejudice: petting zoo animals vs forest animals.
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What does Paris try to have Juliet say that she refuses to say?

He's a lady's man. What did Paris try to get Juliet to get Juliet to say, but she refuses? That she loves him.
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Is Romeo and Juliet married?

Romeo sneaks into the Capulet orchard to see Juliet and they declare their love for each other and decide to get married and be together. Romeo and Juliet get married in secret with the help of Juliet's nurse and Friar Laurence. Another fight breaks out in Verona and Tybalt kills Romeo's friend Mercutio.
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