Romeo And Juliet And Paris Similarities

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Romeo and Juliet as I am sure you heard of is a well known and very popular play, Written by William Shakespeare around 1594. Paris is relatable to Romeo is many ways but they surely have their differences. Paris is a suitor of Juliet in this play as is Romeo. Starting off with similarities obviously at the top of the list would be the fact that both Paris and Romeo fancy Juliet and they even show their affection for her in the same way but, one thing that is different between the two is that they show their love in different ways. To them love has different meanings, Like for example Romeo has the characteristic traits of every girls dream boyfriend which is him being loving,kind,and open heart'd as is Paris but unlike Romeo Paris will make

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