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In Act 4 Scene 2, after Juliet agrees to marry Paris, what change does Capulet make in the wedding plans?

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Posted by remedies on Tuesday March 17, 2009 at 10:16 PM and tagged with act 4, capulet, characters, friar laurence, juliet, paris, romeo and juliet, shakespeare.

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  1. robertwilliam

    eNotes Editor

    It's an unexpected twist in the play. Juliet thought she had a whole day (i.e. Wednesday) to get ready for the wedding (today is Tuesday, and the wedding is set for Thursday). But Capulet gives everyone a bit of a shock:

    CAP:
    Send for the County. Go tell him of this.
    I'll have this knot knit up to-morrow morning.

    [...]

    JUL:
    Nurse, will you go with me into my closet
    To help me sort such needful ornaments
    As you think fit to furnish me to-morrow?

    LADY CAP:
    No, not till Thursday. There is time enough.

    CAP:
    Go, nurse, go with her. We'll to church to-morrow.

    He insists the wedding is brought forward a day: Juliet and Paris are to be married TOMORROW (Wednesday). This has a pressure-cooker effect on this part of the play. Juliet has to take the potion that night: there's no time to think things over or try to get a message to Romeo herself. She has to trust the Friar.

    Hope it helps!

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/romeo-text/act-iv-scene-ii

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    Posted by robertwilliam on Wednesday March 18, 2009 at 3:54 AM