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- In his cell, Friar Lawrence speaks with Paris about the latter’s impending marriage to Juliet. Paris says that Juliet’s grief about Tybalt’s death has made her unbalanced, and that Capulet, in his wisdom, has determined they should marry soon so that Juliet can stop crying and put an end to her period of mourning.
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Later textual evidence does indicate that Paris harbors a legitimate love for Juliet, and though he arrogantly assumes Juliet will want to marry him, Paris never treats her unkindly. Nevertheless, because she does not love him, marrying Paris represents a real and frightening possibility for Juliet.
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Outside the Capulet crypt, Romeo comes upon Paris, who is...
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In Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, Count Paris is a young nobleman. We encounter him as he visits Verona to negotiate with wealthy businessman and community leader, Capulet, on an important matter – his proposed marriage to Capulet’s thirteen – almost fourteen – year-old daughter, Juliet.
Juliet. If I do so, it will be of more price, Being spoke behind your back, than to your face. Paris. Poor soul, thy face is much abused with tears.
Count Paris (Italian: il Conte Paride) or County Paris is a fictional character in William Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet. He is a suitor of Juliet. He is handsome, wealthy, and a kinsman to Prince Escalus. His name comes from the Prince of Troy, Paris, in Homer 's Illiad.
Romeo and Juliet, Act 4, Scene 1. While telling no outright lie, Juliet speaks in double meanings and ambiguous language when she encounters Paris in Friar Laurence’s cell. Paris gets no straight answers from Juliet, expecially on the matter of who it is she loves.
Paris is a kinsman of the Prince, and Juliet’s suitor. Both of Juliet’s parents approve of the marriage because it would be an advantageous match for their only child. Paris clearly thinks highly of himself and his vanity is only strengthened by the support of the Capulet parents.
From his hiding place, Paris recognizes Romeo as the man who murdered Tybalt, and thus as the man who indirectly murdered Juliet, since it is her grief for her cousin that is supposed to have killed her.
