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- Juliet is referring to her upcoming marriage to Paris, something that will never happen. In essence, her words have double meaning....... to appease Paris, and yet, tell the truth.
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Enter JULIET PARIS Happily met, my lady and my wife! JULIET That may be, sir, when I may be a wife. PARIS That may be must be, love, on Thursday next. JULIET What must be shall be.
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Paris then says, "That 'may be' must be, love, on Thursday next" (4.1.20), and Juliet replies, "What must be shall be" (4.1.21). He hears her saying that she will marry him; we hear her say "whatever!" Blind to Juliet's true attitude towards him, Paris assumes a possessive attitude towards her.
Count Paris meets the Friar to ask him to marry him to Juliet; the Friar tries to delay, knowing he’s just married her in secret to Romeo. Juliet arrives and deflects the Count’s requests to know she loves him. Alone, Juliet tells the Friar she will kill herself rather than be married to the Count.
[Enter JULIET] PARIS: Happily met, my lady and my wife! JULIET: That may be, sir, when I may be a wife. PARIS: That may be must be, love, on Thursday next. 20: JULIET: What must be shall be. FRIAR LAURENCE: That's a certain text. PARIS: Come you to make confession to this father? JULIET: To answer that, I should confess to you. PARIS: Do not ...
Friar Laurence has a solution: she should go along with her father’s plan, but when it’s time to marry Paris, Juliet will take a potion that mimics death. She’ll be placed in the Capulet tomb, where the Friar will bring Romeo to wait for her to wake up.
