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How does Juliet react to her mothers suggestion of marriage?
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.
How does Juliet react to her mother’s news?
Juliet, unimpressed but dutiful, agrees to her mother’s wishes if her mother thinks it will help. As she says, “I’ll look to like, if looking liking move” (98), but these words indicate that she does not believe that just looking at him and considering his attributes will change her mind.
What is Juliet’s reply to her mother’s good news?
Lady Capulet calls the news “joyful tidings,” but Juliet is obviously shocked by this turn of events. She becomes distraught and immediately refuses the proposal: Now, by Saint Peter’s Church, and Peter too, He shall not make me there a joyful bride!
What is Juliet’s response to the news she receives in Scene III?
Juliet replies that she has not given it any thought. Lady Capulet observes that she gave birth to Juliet when she was almost Juliet’s current age. She excitedly continues that Juliet must begin to think about marriage because the “valiant Paris” has expressed an interest in her (1.3.
How does Juliet trick her mother into thinking she hates Romeo?
Lord Capulet decides that Juliet will marry Count Paris. How does Juliet trick her mother into thinking she hates Romeo beginning with line 94? Juliet makes her mother believe that she wants to avenge Tybalt’s death by murdering Romeo.
How does Juliet react to her mother’s good news?
What does Juliet say about marriage in Romeo and Juliet?
Answers 1. Initially Juliet says of marriage that, “It is an honour that I hadn’t thought about.”. It means that she had not considered it. She adds that, “I’ll look to like if looking liking move. But no more deep will I endart mine eye.”.
What does Juliet say to her mother about Count Paris?
Juliet’s mother and nurse have a great deal more to say about Count Paris’s interest in Juliet than Juliet has to say about Count Paris, indicating her lack of enthusiasm for marriage. Juliet basically tells her mother that she’s never even really thought about marriage, that it hasn’t even entered her dreams.
Why does Juliet’s mother bring up the matter?
Her mother then reminds her that many girls younger than she is are already mothers and that, in fact, she herself was about Juliet’s age when she became a mother. She has brought up the matter because Paris “seeks you for his love” ( I.iii.75).
How does Juliet react in Scene 3 of Romeo and Juliet?
When her mother mentions that Paris will attend the feast that evening, Juliet reacts with dutiful reserve, whereas her nurse, recalling incidents from Juliet’s childhood, volunteers a bawdier response.