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How does he die?

how does paris really die....in complete detail?!?!?! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.76.191.24 (talk • contribs) 08:48, December 1, 2006 (UTC).

At the beginning of act , scene 3, Paris enters the tomb. Then Romeo enters the tomb. Paris sees Romeo and, assuming Juliet died of grief over Tybalt (whom Romeo killed), "apprehends" Romeo. Romeo tells him to leave him alone, Paris doesn't, Romeo attacks Paris, Romeo slays Paris, Romeo places Paris in Juliet's tomb per Paris's dying request. —Seqsea (talk) 07:38, 2 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Paris' "love" of Juliet

In my interpretation of the play, I don't think Paris loves Juliet as a person at all. I interpret that he only loves her family's money. Angie Y. (talk) 19:32, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Given the evidence of the conceit of True Lover's Knot (Paris Quadrifolia) common in Shakespeare's time, and the fact that Paris comes to mourn her death in Act V and vows to nightly dew her grave with his tears, Paris clearly and deeply cared for the young Juliet. tonycolla 08:25, 13 December 2008 (PST)

"The County Paris' name cannot be a coincidence. Shakespeare chose the scientific name of the Truelove to indicate that this man is Juliet's true love. His death at the hands of the impetuous Romeo is but one more tragedy in this tale." Does this not sound biased and without factual base? --70.121.15.190 (talk) 12:42, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The factual base is that Truelove was a common poetic conceit during the time period that Shakespeare was writing. It is seen again and again as a symbol of true love in love poetry of the Elizabethan era. A simple Google search will confirm this as will talking for 5 minutes with one of your Brit Lit professors. Shakespeare was first and foremost a poet of the era and would have known of this conceit as a matter of course. See for reference http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/teams/truloint.htm tonycolla 10:30, 21 May 2009 (PST)

So he loved Juliet for real, and not only her family's wealth? Angie Y. (talk) 19:02, 12 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, even if the name was supposed to mean "true love", I'd rather think this could mean that Paris' love for Juliet was true, instead of meaning that he is Juliet's true love. The latter sounds like Juliet is truly inlove with Paris, which doesn't fit with the actual plot of the story.--190.31.142.52 (talk) 21:38, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've never read the play, but in the present interpretation of the page he seemed to be quite enamored with her right up to her "death". Besides, Shakespeare seems to have portrayed him as quite a nice man. Normally when he doesn't want you to like someone or see them as being falsely in love he makes them have some gross physical or mental deformity such as being lame, ugly or spiteful. - 90.27.119.142 (talk) 19:17, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]