• Paris is still hanging around hoping he can marry Juliet.
  • Unfortunately, Juliet’s still way depressed about Tybalt/ Romeo.
  • Juliet’s grief for Tybalt seemed so extreme to her father that he’s changed his mind about waiting a few years before she is married. What better way to cheer her up than to force her into a marriage with a man she’s just not that into?
  • Figuring that there’s no way Juliet could refuse a great guy like Paris, Lord Capulet decides to go full speed ahead. How about marrying her next week? he asks Paris.
  • Sure!
  • They don’t want to say good-bye, but they know Romeo will be killed if he gets caught in Verona.
    • Lady Capulet announces her big, exciting news: in two days, Juliet will be marrying Paris.
    • No way, says Juliet, being a typical thirteen-year-old.
    • Lady Capulet throws up her hands and basically says “Wait ’til your father gets home.
    • Lord capulet says If she doesn’t marry Paris, he says, he’ll throw her out in the street; she can beg for food or starve.
    • Juliet begs her mother to find a way even to delay the marriage with Paris.Juliet has only one ally left: Friar Laurence. If he can’t help her, suicide might be her only option.