Romeo And Paris Similarities

Throughout Romeo and Juliet there are two men that are fighting for the heart of Juliet. Romeo and Paris both want to be Juliet’s man, but she loves Romeo more even though there is the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues. Romeo and Paris are similar and different in many ways, some being character traits, personality traits, and social status. The biggest similarity and difference between Romeo and Paris is the character traits. One way the two are similar is that neither of them are violent, when Romeo’s friends got in a fight with the Capulets he told them that they shouldn’t do it again. He also didn't go down to Tybalt’s level when Tybalt wants to fight him. Although he did kill Tybalt and Paris, but that wasn't because he wanted

The differences are more abundant than the similarities. One of the big differences is that Romeo is very outgoing, daring and breaks a lot of rules for love, for example “'Tis but thy name that is my enemy; Thou art thyself, though not a Montague...Alack, there lies more peril in thine eye Than twenty of their swords: look thou but sweet, And I am proof against their enmity.” (Act 2 Scene 2). This shows that he is breaking many rules like the fact that their families are enemies and are not to talk also he is in her back lawn where he could be caught and killed. On the other hand Paris is very mature and follows all the rules of society. He asks Juliet’s father for her hand in marriage, but Romeo just married her without telling anyone. The second difference is Romeo is very immature, you can tell this because he was in love with Rosaline, but he went to the party and completely forgot about Roseline when he meet Juliet. Paris has loved Juliet throughout the whole book from the moment Lord Capulet asked him about Juliet to the death of Juliet and himself. This shows how he is more mature and sure about his love for Juliet. A similarity of personality traits between Paris and Romeo is they both have loved Juliet since the first time they meet her and they both have stayed loyal to