![]() ![]() ![]() (Oh, by the way? This isn't Shmoop's idea-and unlike Shakespeare, we like to give credit where credit's due.) The Play's the ThingĪn actor can make Paris seem like a total jerk, or like a sympathetic nice guy who just happened to get caught in somebody else's love story. Unlike Paris, this guy is a passionate lover. He won't drip a few tears on Juliet's grave and then go home to bed. Romeo is furious over Juliet's death, and eloquent in his fury. He's probably already crossing her name of his "Girls To Marry" list and moving on to next candidate. Paris's language says: "I'm a stiff and lacking in passion." Notice how rhythmic and sing-songy his words are? How they rhyme in a tight, closed off, heroic couplet, almost like he Googled "How to mourn your dead fiancée?" Yeah, there's no way that Paris would die for Juliet. Nightly shall be to strew thy grave and weep. ![]() (Click the character infographic to download.)Īll you have to do to see why Paris (the guy who wears down Juliet's dad until he agrees to let him marry Juliet) is such a good foil for Romeo-and why Juliet chose Romeo over him-is to contrast what Paris and Romeo each say outside Juliet's grave:
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