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

to, he did because a lot of passion overcame him like the death of Mercutio and Juliet. The reason Paris isn't violent is because he hasn’t threatened to hurt anyone and didn't hurt anyone. The only reason he wanted to fight Romeo was because he thought Romeo was tomb robbing the Capulets, he said “And here is come to do some villainous shame To the dead bodies: I will apprehend him.Stop thy unhallow'd toil, vile Montague! Can vengeance be pursued further than death? Condemned villain, I do apprehend thee: Obey, and go with me; for thou must die.”(Act 5 Scene 3). Also they both have integrity, examples of this is Romeo still loved Juliet even through all that happened. Paris has integrity because he saw Romeo and thought he was robbing graves and Paris tried to perform a citizen arrest. The character traits that they have differently is that Romeo is very emotional and changes his emotions a lot. On the other hand Paris doesn't have very much emotion at all, his emotions stay the same way throughout the whole story.
The next similarity and difference is their personality traits.

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

her.
The last similarity and differences between Paris and Romeo is social status. The first similarity is they are both noble, committed to things they do, and respectful. They both come from noble families that’s why they are noble as well. Another similarity is both rich, a way you can tell is that Romeo comes from a family with servants also when he dies his family says that they will put up a gold statue. Paris is rich because he is connected politically and if he wasn't the Capulets would have wanted him to marry Juliet if he wasn’t well off. A difference between the two is that Romeo was born into everything that he got but Paris had to come up and work for what he had and that is more impressive than being born into. This might make Paris a little better but Romeo is more of Juliet’s age which helps Romeo have the upper hand on Juliet.
In conclusion, Romeo and Paris are very much alike in some ways but they are also very different in others. The main ways that they are similar and different are their character traits, personal traits, and social status.