Is Juliet truthful

Answer 1

She tries to be. But she is put in an awkward situation several times: when talking to her mother and father in Act III Scene 5, and when talking to Paris in Act IV Scene 1. In all of these situations she would love to speak the truth, but feels it would be dangerous to do so. She tries what her father calls "chop-logic", a kind of equivocation, to avoid having to tell an outright lie like "Murdering Romeo is just what I want", "I'd love to marry Paris" and "Paris, I have every intention of marrying you." She does lie and say she will marry Paris, but only after the Friar counsels her to do so.