In the book I am reading right now, Romeo and Juliet, I have noticed a character in the play. His name is Count Paris. This character has his good side but I think it's important to recognize his bad side, as well. He is my least favorite character in this book.
Count Paris' good side is that he is very rich. The good part of being rich is that you can provide for the family you have if you have a family. He wanted to marry Juliet and because he was so wealthy his mother was definately alright with it. Count Paris would be a great provider for Juliet and their children if they had gotten married and had children. So, inall Count Paris' good side is that he is rich.
Count Paris' bad side is that he is very desperate about the whole situation and he is very persistant. I think that it is just disgusting that he would want to marry a little 13 year old girl and have babies with her. Legally in the modern times we live in now, that is RAPE. It is even worse that Juliet's mom acts as if she wants to marry Count Pairs herslef. She tries her best to get Juliet to like him because he is a" man of wax," but in reality his is only the ideal man for her, not for Juliet.
In all, I think that the bad side of Count Paris out-ways his good side mostly because money is great but there is nothing to money if your personality is horrible and the girl who you will be marryng will have to deal with that huge ego for the rest of her life. Count isn't marrying Juliet for herslef, he's marrying her to have children with her and to provide for her, even though she is only 13 years old. I am glad that atleast Juliet's father cares about what she thinks about marrying Count becasue if all she had was her mother she would really have a tough life.
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