Romeo And Paris Similarities

The poem Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a Romantic Tragedy about two star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, who refuse to let their families bad history keep them apart. Romeo and Juliet faced many obstacles throughout the play one of them being Juliet’s arranged marriage to Paris. After having married Romeo in secret, Paris had asked Capulet, Juliet's father, for his daughter's hand in marriage. Romeo and Paris showed many similarities and differences through their feelings for Juliet, some of which are their approaches on marriage, their feelings starting based only off her looks, and overall feeling the need to rush the relationship. Paris and Romeo had two different approaches to theirs and Juliet’s marriage. Although Juliet did not want to marry Paris, he was much more responsible. When saying,“but now, my lord, what say you to my suit?” (Shakespeare 1.2.5) Paris was asking for Lord Capulet’s respect and opinion about the marriage. Romeo on the other hand found no need in asking for the approval of Juliet’s father. The night of meeting Juliet, Romeo said, “My name, dear saint, is hateful to myself / Because it is an enemy to

At the party when looking for Caroline his “love”, Romeo caught sight of Juliet. He then says, “Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight,/ For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.” (Shakespeare 1.5.59-60). By using the words “beauty” and “sight” you can see that it was simply Juliet’s looks that made Romeo fall in love with her. After running into Juliet at Friar Lawrence’s cell, Paris decided to confront her about her moarning. In doing so Paris said, “Thy face is mine, and thou hast slandered it.” (Shakespeare 4.1.36). When referring to Juliet’s face as slandered, he was also referring to her beauty as damaged. While talk to her trying to comfort her, his only ways of doing so were by saying that she is not pretty when she is