Paris

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Paris's Quotes

"Stand forth Demetrius. –My noble lord, This man hath my consent to marry her. "

Egeus, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 1.1.24-25

Paris's Friends

Paris's Info

"God shield I should disturb devotion" 4.1.41

  • Hometown

    "fair Verona" Prologue, 2

  • Age

    "Good gentle youth." 5.3.59

  • Also Called

    "he’s a flower, in faith a very flower." 1.3.78
    "gallant, young, and noble gentleman." 3.5.113
    "County Paris" 4.1.71
    "boy" 5.3.70

  • Personal Philosophy

    “O love! O life! Not life, but love in death!” 4.5.58

  • Views on Love

    "These times of woe afford no times to woo." 3.4.8

Interviews with Paris

O wall, O sweet, O lovely wall

"O dear account. My life is my foe's debt." 1.5.117

O give me thy hand,
One writ with me in sour misfortune's book.
I'll bury thee in a triumphant grave. 5.3.81-83

"O dear account. My life is my foe's debt." 1.5.117

Good gentle youth, tempt not a desperate man.
Fly hence and leave me. 5.3.59-60

"My will to her consent is but a part" 1.2.17

O son, the night before thy wedding day
Hath death lain with thy wife. 4.5.35-6

"I'll look to like, if looking liking move." 1.3.97

What must be, shall be. 4.1.21

"if thou dar'st, I'll give thee remedy." 4.1.76

You say you do not know the lady’s mind,
Uneven is the course. I like it not. 4.1.4-5

"My will to her consent is but a part" 1.2.17

Sir Paris, I will make a desperate tender
Of my child’s love. 3.4.12-3

"My will to her consent is but a part" 1.2.17

But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart,
My will to her consent is but a part,
And she agreed, within her scope of choice
Lies my consent and fair according voice. 1.2.16-9