Paris and The Prince
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- Created on: 26-01-19 16:36
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- Paris, Prince and Others
- Personality
- Paris wants to marry Juliet
- Paris is a rich and influential nobleman related to the Prince who rules Verona
- He hides his emotions instead of letting them control him like Romeo does
- When he dies he asks to be laid in the tomb next to Juliet, which suggests his love for her was genuine
- The Prince is the police chief, judge and jury
- The Prince rules Verona so he turns up whenever fights break out
- He decides who gets punished and how
- His role in the play is to be the one with authority - he speaks in really formal poetry to make him sound posh and powerful
- There are the servants too
- Balthasar is Romeo's servant and Peter is the Capulet's servant
- There are lots of other characters such as musicians and towns people - just focus on the main characters
- Paris wants to marry Juliet
- Themes
- Love - Paris is Romeo's rival for Juliet's love
- He represents a different, more conventional type of love - asking Juliet's father was considered more polite at the time
- Romeo by comparison seems more passionate and wild - he kills Paris outside the Capulet tomb
- Conflict - The Prince can't escape the feud even though he's quite powerful - Both his relatives Paris and Mercutio die too
- His role in the play is to be the one with authority - he speaks in really formal poetry to make him sound posh and powerful
- Love - Paris is Romeo's rival for Juliet's love
- Quotes
- "Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace" Act 1 Scene 1
- From the very beginning of the play we can see that the Prince is the ultimate power in Verona - what he says goes
- The Prince rules Verona so he turns up whenever fights break out
- "Younger than she are happy mothers made" Act 1 Scene 2
- Paris has very traditional views towards marriage which adds to his representation of more conventional love
- He represents a different, more conventional type of love - asking Juliet's father was considered more polite at the time
- Paris has very traditional views towards marriage which adds to his representation of more conventional love
- "Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace" Act 1 Scene 1
- Personality
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