Romeo and Juliet

Explain the double meanings in Juliet's exchange with Paris

Act 4 Scene 1 Lines 18-25

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Juliet tells Paris that she will confess that she loves "him" but she doesn't mean Paris!


PARIS
Don’t deny to him that you love me.

JULIET
I will confess to you that I love him.

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