Romeo And Juliet - Paris Quotes

Question 1

‘But now, my lord, what you say to my suit?’
(1.2)

Answer 1

Shift of topic matter - digresses from the marriage to Juliet
Indicative that Paris isn’t interested in Capulet’s words
Desperate for Juliet’s beauty - focuses on his character façade, being the suit to perhaps impress Juliet
Paris is putting up with Capulet in order, to persuade him to give Juliet’s hand in marriage.

Question 2

‘Younger than she are happy mothers made,’
(1.2)

Answer 2

Flip of sentence structure to fit in with iambic pentameter
Paris presumes Capulet is being overprotective
He seems to care about Juliet’s status

Question 3

‘My father Capulet’
(4.1)

Answer 3

Respectful views himself as a member of the family

Question 4

‘That she do give her sorrow so much sway;’
(4.1)

Answer 4

Personifies Juliet’s grief - which controls people emotionally and physically.

Question 5

‘Poor soul, thy face is much abused with tears.’
(4.1)

Answer 5

Tender, compassionate tone and is oblivious to events.

Question 6

‘Thy face is mine, and thou hast slandered it.’
(4.1)

Answer 6

Possessive, claiming Juliet as his own.
Objectifies her

Links to Elizabethan views of marriage reflects and in Act 3 Scene 5 from Lady Capulet ‘And you be mine, I’ll give you to my friend;’

Question 7

‘Till then adieu, and keep this holy kiss.’
(4.1)

Answer 7

Dramatic Irony- their final words conjoined.

Question 8

‘Beguiled, divorced, wronged, spited, slain’
(4.5)

Answer 8

Personifies death.
Juliet was tricked into death and inflicted by mental agony.
In fact, he believes Juliet’s death was fateful.

Question 9

‘She’s not well married that lives married long, but she’s best married that dies married young.’
(4.5)

Answer 9

Connotes to marriage being sour at it’s later stages rather than it’s initial quality.

Question 10

‘rosemary’
(4.5)

Answer 10

In Shakespeare’s time, rosemary was attributed to memory so it would strengthen the memories of Juliet.

Question 11

‘under yond yew trees lay thee all along,’
(5.2)

Answer 11

Paris issues an imperative.
Yew trees are symbolic and have been commonly placed in churchyards/ graveyards are associated with death.

Question 12

‘Holding thy ear close to the hollow ground,’
(5.2)

Answer 12

‘hollow’ hyperbolic of the graves.
Suggests the sacredness of the ground.

Question 13

‘Sweet flower, with flower thy bridal bed I strew-‘
(5.2)

Answer 13

Paris views his betrothed and speaks of her grave as a ‘bridal bed’.
Rapidly, shifts to funeral ceremonies.

Question 14

‘Which with sweet water nightly I will dew,’
(5.2)

Answer 14

Description of his ears as ‘sweet water’ and ‘dew’, juxtaposing the nature imagery evoked by Romeo of ‘empty tigers’ and the ‘roaring sea’.
Paris engages with nature calmly as a gentle representation of grief.
Romeo is forced into a passionate, wild vision of nature that is unchanging as his fate.

Question 15

‘thou must die.’

‘(Dies) ‘
(5.3)

Answer 15

Dramatically Ironic
The audience are knowledgeable on something that the characters don’t know.

Paris’ death is very abrupt to exemplify his unimportance.
Never loved properly so he was only desired for his wealth- a pawn in the game of houses.