Paris Similarities Between Romeo And Juliet

“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

Juliet by proposing to her and planning a secret wedding for both of them. Through their actions, Romeo and Paris both uphold their integrity yet they treat Juliet very differently.
Romeo treats Juliet in a way that clashes with how Paris treats Juliet. Romeo uses his words to show Juliet that they are equal. “Juliet wills it so. How is ‘t, my soul?” (Rom. 3.5 24-25) When he speaks to Juliet in Act 3, Scene 5, he uses “my soul” as a way to say “my love” because he thinks of her as a part of him that he loves. Therefore, because she is part of him, Romeo treats her as an equal. But, the way that Paris speaks to her makes it clear he thinks he owns Juliet. “Your face is mine, and thou hast slandered it.” (Rom. 4.1 36) By saying this, Paris reveals that Juliet is his property because they are married. Romeo and Paris differentiate in the way that Juliet is treated by both; Paris acts as if he owns her and Romeo thinks of Juliet as his equal.
Romeo and Paris have two different personalities: Romeo dares to break Verona’s laws because he loves Juliet whereas Paris follows the law for Juliet’s love.

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

legalally.
Paris and Romeo are very different by their personalities and how they treat of Juliet but similar in the way they uphold their integrity. Romeo acts towards Juliet as equals, but Paris talks to her and about her as if he owns Juliet. They both do things because of Juliet’s love in different ways; Romeo breaks laws because he loves her and Paris legally asks for her hand in marriage. Even though they have those differences, they are similar because Paris and Romeo keep their integrity. Romeo throughs his actions of love, and Paris through keeping the law when Romeo breaks the law.