In romeo and juliet, why doesn't juliet want to marry paris? a. she is already married b. she is in love with romeo c. paris has never wooed her d. all of the above

B she is in love with Romeo

Juliet is marriageable and every convention points to her marrying Paris, including the fact that he has begun courting her and the Capulet family approves. However, she is in love with Romeo and does not want to be with anyone but him, so resists and declines to marry Paris.

The answer is d. prior knowledge. she breaks it into parts in order to figure out what other words have the same parts to the word and put the meanings together.