Paris Similarities Between Romeo And Juliet

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“Do not deny to him that you love me.”(Rom. 4.1 25) Paris, one of Juliet’s suitors, is trying to win Juliet’s love at the same time that Romeo loves her. Together, Paris and Romeo are juxtaposed, while vying for Juliet’s love, so that they are compared and contrasted. Both have similar traits but are different through how they act towards people and personalities. Paris and Romeo are alike in integrity but very different by their personalities and treatment of Juliet. Paris and Romeo are similar in the way that they uphold their integrity. Paris holds his integrity by following the law and making sure other citizens also follow the law. “This is that banished haughty Montague… And here is come to do some villainous shame to the dead bodies. I will apprehend him.” (Rom. 5.3 49-53) In Act 5 Scene 3, Paris caught Romeo at Juliet’s grave and thought he was committing a crime by shaming the dead. He feels that he must keep the law and uphold his integrity through arresting Romeo. Romeo also keeps his integrity, to Juliet, by always showing his love to her through his actions. “Bid her devise by some means to come shrift this afternoon. And there she shall at Friar Lawrence’ cell be shrived and married.” (Rom. 2.4 154-156) Romeo shows his love to …show more content…

Romeo disregards his banishment (and the law) to see Juliet one last time in her grave. “Thus I enforce thy rotten jaws to open and in despite I’ll cram thee with more food.” (Rom. 5.3 47-48) Romeo rushes to go to Juliet’s tomb and by doing that, he trespasses onto Verona, from which he was banished. Paris’s maturity is reflected when he asks for Juliet’s marriage. “But now, my lord, what say you to my suit?” (Rom. 1.2 6) Paris asks Capulet, Juliet’s father, for Juliet’s hand. Paris differs from Romeo because he does what he can for Juliet’s love in a

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