Similarities between Romeo and Paris?

The
similarities between the two men are not immediately apparent, but they are there all the same.
For one thing, bothandare handsome, eligible young men from very good families. Ordinarily,might
have had no objection to getting married to Paris. Had he come along before she first cast eyes
on Romeo, then who knows what might have happened? As it is, though, Juliet only has eyes for
Romeo, and frankly thinks that Paris is a bit of a drip, certainly not someone she can imagine
spending the rest of her life with.

Nevertheless, one shouldn't be too hard
on Paris. Like Romeo, he is deeply in love with Juliet, and also like Romeo has a strong sense
of honor. When he sees what he believes to be Juliet's dead body lying in the family tomb, Paris
is overcome with grief, as will be Romeo when he arrives later on.

And when
Romeo does arrive, Paris shows the sense of honor he shares with him by attacking Romeo in the
mistaken belief that he's turned up to desecrate Juliet's tomb. In the ensuing duel Romeo kills
Paris; in due course, Romeo will eventually kill himself. The greatest similarity between the
two men, then, is that they both come to grief through their love for
Juliet.