Title: When did Juliet get married? - eNotes.com
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Romeo and Juliet
When did Juliet get married?
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Content: The friar moves quickly to marry them as they are so attracted to one another he is afraid to leave them alone together unwed. And so they marry. The scene contains hints that the lovers are over hasty, too passionately in love, a hint especially strong in the friar's warning that such violent love will come to a violent end. The two scarcely know each other--and the precipitous marriage will indeed be over almost before it has begun. Approved by eNotes Editorial Team
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Juliet marries only once during the play. Friar Lawrence marries Romeo and Juliet in Act 2, Scene 5, in the hopes of uniting the Montague and Capulet families. Timing wise, the marriage takes place in the afternoon, the day after Romeo and Juliet meet at the Capulet party. Of course, the marriage is initially kept a secret from most of the characters. While Juliet is ultimately engaged to Paris, she does not go through with that marriage. In fact, it is the "threat" of her impending marriage to Paris, coupled with Romeo's banishment to Mantua, that brings about the plan that will lead Juliet to initially fake her own death and, ultimately, to take her life.