While praising Romeo and Juliet for daring to break through feudal ethics and pursue love and a happy life, most of us may have overlooked another more sympathetic figure. Let's focus on Paris and savor the tragedy reflected by this lonely count.
There have always been different opinions about the image of Paris. But I think one thing is certain, he should be the most tragic character in the whole play. Paris is a noble young man with culture and self-cultivation and gentle temperament. In the eyes of others, he is noble and generous, and has a gentleman's demeanor. But he made a fatal mistake: he fell in love with Juliet who didn't love himself.
Originally, each of us has the right to love the person we like, and Paris is no exception. He is crazy about Juliet. Unfortunately, in Juliet's heart, no one can replace Romeo. Juliet should have told Paris the story of herself and Romeo, and there might be a chance to avoid this tragedy, but she didn't. So in the case of ignorance, Paris unconsciously became an innocent third party. Because before that, Romeo and Juliet had been married under the auspices of Lawrence Sr.
The tragedy in Paris is far more than that. "Wedding night" was originally one of the four great blessings in life, but what about the Earl of Paris? After taking Laurence's fake death medicine, Paris greeted her with a cold "corpse" instead of her favorite beautiful bride on the wedding day. What a blow all this is to Paris! When I was mourning Juliet in the cemetery, I had an argument with angry Romeo, drew my sword and fought with him, and finally died by Romeo's sword.
Count Paris is dead, and the greatest tragedy of this role is his tenderness, which Juliet will never understand. Without Juliet's love and even her understanding, Paris is a victim. What caused his tragic fate? This is a thought-provoking and thought-provoking question.
First of all, let's focus on such a big background. During the Renaissance in the Middle Ages in Europe, although humanism was widely spread, feudal decadent ideas and feudal consciousness still existed objectively, especially in the minds of some aristocratic youths, and Paris was one of them. According to Paris, as long as the feudal parents agreed and the parents decided, Juliet could become her lawful wife, and it didn't matter whether Juliet agreed or not. It is this narrow prejudice that makes him have no idea what true love is, let alone the deep love between Romeo and Juliet. This is the decisive factor of the tragic fate of Paris.
At the same time, we will find that the tragic ending is related to Paris' character.
Lack of self-knowledge and not taking the initiative to know the truth of the matter are the most direct reasons for this tragedy. Juliet is bored to the extreme with Paris, but Paris fantasizes that Juliet loves herself deeply. After Kabu Park Jung Su betrothed his daughter to Paris, Paris happened to meet Juliet in the temple of Old Lawrence and said to her, "I believe you will also be willing to admit that you love me in front of me." He thinks so himself, and it is also possible to take the initiative to understand the ins and outs of things, which laid the groundwork for the tragic fate of Paris later.
The impatience of Paris also accelerated the process of his tragic fate. Of course, impatience is not unique to Paris. It can be said that many characters in the whole play have this personality characteristic. Paris proposed to Juliet's father Capulet. The impatient Capulet promised to marry his daughter to Paris three days later. In desperation, Juliet had to take the fake death medicine of Elder Lawrence, and the wedding became a funeral. In the cemetery, Paris didn't listen to Romeo's advice. "Young man, don't provoke a desperate man. Leave me quickly." In desperation, he drew his sword and struggled with Romeo, and fell under Romeo's sword.
As far as tragedy is concerned, Paris is far more "sad" than Romeo and Juliet. Because at least the death of Romeo and Juliet is valuable and meaningful, but their death contributed to the handshake between the two families, which in itself symbolizes the victory of humanism in the anti-feudal struggle. The death in Paris is so lonely that it is not understood. With the tragic fate of Paris, we can't help asking why the tenderness of Paris is always blown away by the wind and rain.