Twice in the play Juliet is allowed to visit Friar Lawrence's cell on the pretext of going to confession. One of those times is to marry Romeo. It would appear that this is the only excuse she can use to get out of the house.
Juliet tells her parents she is going to confession in order to visit Friar Laurence's cell.
she's going to Friar laurence's cell to go to confession from disobeying her father
She tells Lady Capulet that she has to go to confessions.
She tells Lady Capulet that she has to go to confessions.
The excuse Juliet uses is that she is going to Friar Laurence's cell for shrift or confession.
Romeo went to Mantua, which is a city a number of miles away from Verona.
They are Catholic people and Friar Lawrence is a priest. Although her parents do not let Juliet out of the house for any other reason, they are duty bound as good Catholics to allow her to visit a priest, confess her sins and be absolved--that's one of the sacraments. Juliet uses this excuse twice in the play to get out of the house and go to Friar Lawrence's
to get his help in devising a plan to get out of marrying Paris .
First he's going to Juliet's bedroom, to spend the night with her, then he's going to go to Mantua, to wait for Friar Laurence to arrange for his return.
her excuse was she had to watch romeo and juliet. but she ended up going anyway.
To confess her sins and be absolved.
She isn't really going to confess anything but she tells her parents she is going to confess her disobeying them.
Juliet goes to friar Laurence's cell for help, so she doesn't have to marry county Paris. The friar is able to give her a solution and that solution is a potion in which can give Juliet a death like sleep in which she will wake up in forty-two hours.
She is confused and desperate because she does not know what to do and was going to kill herself if Friar Lawrence did not come up with a plan to help her.
She says she is going to confession, but she is really going for help. The friar helped her to marry Romeo, and now she is asking him for help to prevent her from marrying Paris.