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Good question. Juliet has spent her entire life locked up in her house, being able to go out only to go to church or confession. Her trips to the confessional are the only time she has anything near freedom. For so long as the marriage is kept secret, Juliet is going to be kept under close watch. The only way for her to get out is to tell her parents that she has surrendered herself into the custody of a husband.
I often wondered why, when Juliet goes to confession to get some advice from the Friar, the Friar didn't just disguise her as a nun and ship her off to Mantua. But if he did that, he would have to explain to Capulet where his daughter has gone off to. Of course, she could pretend to be a nun--that's no more dishonest than pretending to be dead.
Anyway, we can assume that the friar and Juliet were reluctant to just up and tell her parents the truth because they would likely think of an easy way to deal with this Tybalt-killer and Juliet-ravisher Romeo in one go. In fact, Lady Capulet talks about poisoning him anyway, without knowing that he has secretly married her daughter. If they knew that, all the more likely that they would do Romeo in.
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What happened in act 3 scene 4 of romeo and Juliet?
Act 3 scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet is set in Juliet's room. Romeo is leaving for his exile and Juliet is upset over the separation. Lady Capulet then comes into Juliet's room and informs her that she will be marrying Paris. The conflict is that Juliet's parents are forcing her to marry Paris and she is already married to Romeo.
What act does Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet marry Romeo and Juliet?
The actual ceremony is not depicted, but in Act 2, Scene 6 we see Friar Laurence lead Romeo and Juliet away to be married.
What does Friar Laurence say Romeo and Juliet will do after Juliet wakes up?
Friar Lawerence's plan was for Romeo to take Juliet away to Mantua with him where they could live together.
Is this a true fact that Juliet was 13 at the time she fell in love with romeo?
In Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, Juliet is indeed about two weeks away from her fourteenth birthday. She is thirteen. But this is not a "true fact" in the same way it would be if Romeo and Juliet were real people rather than characters in a play.
What does anon mean in romeo and Juliet?
anon means right away, quickly
What happened in act 3 scene 4 of romeo and Juliet?
Act 3 scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet is set in Juliet's room. Romeo is leaving for his exile and Juliet is upset over the separation. Lady Capulet then comes into Juliet's room and informs her that she will be marrying Paris. The conflict is that Juliet's parents are forcing her to marry Paris and she is already married to Romeo.
What act does Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet marry Romeo and Juliet?
The actual ceremony is not depicted, but in Act 2, Scene 6 we see Friar Laurence lead Romeo and Juliet away to be married.
What does Friar Laurence say Romeo and Juliet will do after Juliet wakes up?
Friar Lawerence's plan was for Romeo to take Juliet away to Mantua with him where they could live together.
In romeo an Juliet how old was Juliet?
13 years old, 2 weeks away from 14th birthday
What is a quest on romeo and Juliet?
to seek to a far away place and have romance
How does Juliet react to Romeo's plans?
She runs away and pretends to be dead but Romeo believes it and kills him self too. :(
Why didnt lady Montague come with her husband to the tomb?
Lady Montague did not come to the tomb with her husband because she had passed away from grief over the banishment of her son, Romeo. Her absence adds to the tragic nature of the scene when Romeo finds Juliet seemingly lifeless.
Is this a true fact that Juliet was 13 at the time she fell in love with romeo?
In Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, Juliet is indeed about two weeks away from her fourteenth birthday. She is thirteen. But this is not a "true fact" in the same way it would be if Romeo and Juliet were real people rather than characters in a play.
What does anon mean in romeo and Juliet?
anon means right away, quickly
What are examples of repetition in Romeo and Juliet?
Twice the speaker wrote his lady's name in the sand; twice the waves washed it away.
How is love story an allusion to what?
There are obvious allusions to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and also The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Love Story revolves around the tragic story of Romeo and Juliet, however Taylor puts a twist; rather than Romeo and Juliet parting through death, Romeo and Juliet run away together and get married in Swift's version, ending with a "happily ever after."
Should the ending of Romeo and Juliet be rewritten?
If you rewrite the ending of a story, you change the story. If you took away the sad ending of Romeo and Juliet, it might be a happy love story (Shakespeare wrote a lot of happy love stories) but it wouldn't be Romeo and Juliet any more.
