In Romeo and Juliet, why did Juliet fake her death?

Juliet felt she was trapped - she was due to marry Paris, however hard she refused her family would have made it happen, since they had agreed this with Paris. read more

He marries Romeo and Juliet, then proposes that Romeo consummate the marriage, then devises the half-baked plan for Juliet to feign her own death, then fails to ensure that Romeo is informed of the plan, then, worst of all, abandons Juliet in the mausoleum where she eventually commits suicide. read more

At first Juliet did face her death because she wanted to spend her married life with Romeo. Friar helped them and gave Juliet a potion to drink. Romeo didn't know so he killed himself thinking that Juliet was really dead and then Juliet wakes up and finds Romeo's dead body on her so she kills herself. read more

Best Answer: She faked her own death because it was the only way to be with Romeo, and get out of the marriage with Paris. When she woke up in the sepulcher, Romeo should have been there waiting for her, knowing her plan. However, this wasn't the case. read more