Capulet does ask Paris to wait "two more summers" before marrying his young daughter Juliet. However, when Tybalt is killed by Romeo, he believes, mistakenly, that she is grieving her cousin's death, when, in truth, she is heartbroken because Romeo, whom she has spent the night with, has left (Act 3, Scene 5). As a result of his misconception, he agrees to marry her with Paris, in an attempt to mitigate what he thinks is her pain for the loss of Tybalt, and to turn her into "a joyful bride." When Lady Capulet visits her in her bedroom, Juliet makes her believe that she is indeed "weeping for such a feeling loss" and that she also condemns Romeo for the murder, but when her mother asks her to "stop crying" and announces "thee joyful tidings" of her imminent marriage with "the gallant, young, and noble gentleman, the County Paris, at Saint Peter’s Church," Juliet refuses to do it, much to the surprise of her mother, and the anger of her father.
