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No! The family does not know that Romeo and Juliet are getting married. But that is not the only marriage in the play. There is a planned wedding of Juliet to Paris. And that wedding the family does know about.

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Yes, Juliet's family is aware of her marriage to Romeo. Juliet's parents are not initially supportive of the marriage because of the feud between the Montagues and Capulets.

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Romeo and Juliet. Are they rebellious in the modern sense?

No, I wouldn't say they were. Juliet did defy her father by her marriage to Romeo, but that wasn't rebellious as we know it today. It was normal for young women to have arranged marriages to older men, but if there hadn't been a feud with Romeo's family her father may had consented to a marriage.


Does the nurse try to talk Juliet into telling her parents of the marriage to Romeo?

No she does not. Juliet's parents don't even know that she married Romeo


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Romeo and Juliet's families hated each other. Romeo did not want her to know that he was a member of her family's hated family.


Which member of the Capulet household knows about the marriage of Romeo and Juliet?

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Romeo tells Tybalt that he loves him before the fight goes down because not even a day before he had wed Juliet. Tybalt being Juliet's cousin would make Tybalt now his family. This is why Romeo says that he loves him. As back then loving your family was important.


After Romeo and Juliet are married how does Tybalt become related to Romeo?

Tybalt is a character in "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare. After Romeo and Juliet are married Tybalt becomes related to Romeo because Tybalt is the nephew of Lady Capulet who is Juliet's cousin.


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The Nurse and Friar Lawrence knew about it before anyone else because the Friar performed the marriage and the Nurse was Juliet's close confidant so she told her everything.


'A Plague to both your houses' - is this directed at both of them or does he know about Romeo's marriage to Juliet?

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What does juliets dad say she must do after her marriage with romeo?

Juliet's father did not know about Juliet's marriage to Romeo until after her death. He was insisting on her getting married to Paris, not knowing that she was already married. And Juliet didn't want to tell him why she didn't want to marry Paris, which made him even more insistent.


At the end of scene ii what does Juliet ask the nurse to do?

Juliet asks the Nurse to find out Romeo's intentions regarding their relationship and marriage plans. She is eager to know if Romeo is serious about their love and if he plans to marry her.


How has juliet's family relationships changed since meeting romeo?

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Frair Laurence agrees to perform the marriage ceremony for Romeo and Juliet for what reason?

Friar Laurence hopes that if he marries Romeo and Juliet that the feud with their families with end. Little did he know that will not happen until they are no longer living.