Self-Centered In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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Romeo and Juliet is a romantic tragedy in which two star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, will risk their lives to be together. They have many people getting in their way, however; one of which is a rich kinsman named Paris, who is intent on marrying Juliet. Paris and Romeo are both alike and different in many ways.

From context, we can tell that Paris and Romeo are both self-centered. At the beginning of the play, Romeo was head over heels for Rosaline. Though she does not feel the same way about him, he is intent on being with her. Then, when he goes with Benvolio to the party and sees Juliet, he instantly forgets about Rosaline and falls in love with Juliet at first sight. This shows that Romeo is more intrigued by the thought of being in love than he is by either of the girls. As for Paris, we can tell that he is self-centered because he is so determined to marry juliet that he doesn’t care about how she feels about him, or if she even wants to marry him. We can see throughout the story that Paris continues insisting on marrying Juliet and being with her, but Juliet is not interested, as she has not been wooed. She knows that marrying Paris would please her family, but she is in love with Romeo, and Paris does not respect that she does not want to marry him. …show more content…
In the play, Paris runs into Romeo at Juliet’s tomb in Verona, the city he was banished from. This makes Paris believe that Romeo is breaking the law, simply by being there, and he makes it known and tries to get Romeo arrested. This however, results in Romeo killing Paris. We can tell that romeo is not very honest, as he goes behind his family, as well as Juliet’s family to be with her, knowing their families are enemies. He then goes back to the city he was banished from, Verona, to steal Juliet’s corpse from her tomb, which wasn’t a very honest or loyal action either, as it broke the
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