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In Romeo and Juliet, he was invited, but wasn't mentioned during the party.

2006-12-09 06:25:41 · 2 answers · asked by Queen Sporkna 2 in Arts & Humanities Books & Authors

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The focus of the party scene is Romeo meeting and falling for Juliet, and establishing Tybalt's overheated antagonism toward Romeo's party-crashing. Introducing Paris fully into the scene serves no dramatic purpose---Paris' function seems to be that of the "alternate choice", the thoroughly respectable "good catch" that Juliet, were she not caught up in the passion of her first love affair, would have been wise to have gotten hitched up with. Boring choice, but still...
In the 1968 film version of the play, Paris is in the scene--very nice, very respectable, very polite---but off-camera most of the time.

2006-12-09 06:37:27 · answer #1 · answered by Palmerpath 7 · 0 0

Maybe shakespeare didn't want to much attention on Paris. Just Romeo and Juliet's first meeting, and Tybalt's scene.

2006-12-09 14:27:52 · answer #2 · answered by Donovan G 5 · 0 0

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