Question

Why does juliet tell her father she is willing to marry paris?

Answer 1

Juliet agrees to marry Paris to avoid conflict with her parents and to buy time for her plan with Friar Laurence to reunite with Romeo.

Step-by-step explanation:

Juliet tells her father she is willing to marry Paris because she is strategizing to avoid the marriage to Paris without directly disobeying her parents. This happens after a tumultuous conflict where her father, Lord Capulet, demands her to marry Paris, threatening her with disownment and public shaming. Juliet, seeking to buy time and to placate her father, pretends to agree to the marriage while internally planning with Friar Laurence to reunite with her true love, Romeo, who has been banished.

Answer 2

Juliet tells her father she is willing to marry Paris because she has already been to see the Friar and they have already created the plan to fake her death. She told her father she was at confession with the Friar, but in reality they had been discussing how to get her out of the marriage. Because she is confident she won't have to go through with the wedding, Juliet agrees to it.