The Presumptuous Paris

Paris may not be one of the main characters in Romeo and Juliet, but he is a vital one. This charcater is only present in a couple of scenes but still has an important role. Paris is the man who wants to marry Juliet for her beauty and her father's wealth and status. At first, Capulet wants Juliet to wait a while until she can marry Paris, but the death of Tybalt changed Capulet's mind. He lets Paris marry Juliet. Of course Juliet doesn't want to because she is already married to Romeo. In the few scenes that Paris is in, he shows a very dim-witted character. In Act IV. Scene I, Juliet says that she loves "someone", and Paris automatically thinks that she is talking about him when Juliet never refers to Paris. This shows a sense of ignorance and ego.