Question

What does Lady Capulet think Juliet means when she says the following? I will not marry yet; and, when I do, I swear, It shall be Romeo, whom you know I hate, Rather than Paris (III. v. 129-131). She thinks that Juliet is love with Romeo. She thinks that Juliet is using Romeo to stand for the person she would be least likely to marry. She thinks that Juliet will marry Paris, but doesn't want to for awhile. She thinks that Juliet would rather marry someone she hates than someone she loves.

Answer 1

She thinks that Juliet is using Romeo to stand for the person she would be least likely to marry.

Step-by-step explanation:

Juliet doesn't want to marry Paris. So she, as a Capulet, uses Romeo as a symbol of someone hateful (because he is a Montague) to make her mother understand that the idea of marrying Paris is so horrible to her that she'd rather be married to a Montague. The audience, though, knows that she secretly loves Romeo.