Thinking of Paris as a symbol doesn't do the poor sap much justice--he is a character, not a symbol. I suppose you could imagine him symbolizing arranged marriages or something, but it takes away from the way the play is structured. Indeed, if you view the characters as symbols, you are straying from the main point of the drama.
Apart from himself and the friar, it doesn't say. Anyway, we know that the Capulets are taking care of the catering. (Although it would be a hilarious twist to have Paris show up at the door with a bowl of coleslaw under his arm)
As a character, his aim is to marry Juliet. As a plot device, his success in persuading Capulet that he should marry her drives Juliet to go to Friar Lawrence and accept his plan to fake her own death. Otherwise she could have continued being Romeo's estranged but loving wife for some time. It was the pressure of the intended marriage to Paris which brought the tragedy on.
Paris wants Capulet's (Juliet's) hand in marriage
Paris is a handsome man that Juliet's parents have decided will marry her, that is until they find her lying in bed 'dead' because she took a potion that was given to her by the apothecary.
He doesn't bring anything. . . >.>
He's making arrangements for his wedding to Juliet.
She swore to kill herself
He was making preparations for the wedding of Juliet to Count Paris.
yes because Paris killed mercutio in a fight. < This is wrong Romeo kills Tybalt because Tybalt killed mercutio in a fight. Paris plans to get married to Juliet but on the day of their wedding Juliet dies. So Paris never dies.<~ This is also wrong, Romeo kills Tybalt because he killed Mercutio and Romeo also kills Paris because he provoked him in the Capulet tomb. So Paris does die.
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He's making arrangements for his wedding to Juliet.
She swore to kill herself
He was making preparations for the wedding of Juliet to Count Paris.
In Romeo and Juliet, the wedding of Romeo and Juliet quickly turns into a funeral when Tybalt is killed by Romeo in a duel. This event sets off a series of tragic misunderstandings and deaths, leading to the untimely demise of both Romeo and Juliet.
Romeo and Juliet's Wedding Datemarch 11 1302
No! The family does not know that Romeo and Juliet are getting married. But that is not the only marriage in the play. There is a planned wedding of Juliet to Paris. And that wedding the family does know about.
yes because Paris killed mercutio in a fight. < This is wrong Romeo kills Tybalt because Tybalt killed mercutio in a fight. Paris plans to get married to Juliet but on the day of their wedding Juliet dies. So Paris never dies.<~ This is also wrong, Romeo kills Tybalt because he killed Mercutio and Romeo also kills Paris because he provoked him in the Capulet tomb. So Paris does die.
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romeo and Paris / rosaline and Juliet
Paris married Juliet for money in Romeo and Juliet.
Paris thinks that Romeo is there to vandalize or dishonor Juliet's body.
The wedding between Romeo and Juliet occurs just after the end of Act II