Thinking of Paris as a symbol doesn't do the poor sap much justice--he is a character, not a symbol. I suppose you could imagine him symbolizing arranged marriages or something, but it takes away from the way the play is structured. Indeed, if you view the characters as symbols, you are straying from the main point of the drama.
She swore to kill herself
He's making arrangements for his wedding to Juliet.
He was making preparations for the wedding of Juliet to Count Paris.
yes because Paris killed mercutio in a fight. < This is wrong Romeo kills Tybalt because Tybalt killed mercutio in a fight. Paris plans to get married to Juliet but on the day of their wedding Juliet dies. So Paris never dies.<~ This is also wrong, Romeo kills Tybalt because he killed Mercutio and Romeo also kills Paris because he provoked him in the Capulet tomb. So Paris does die.
Monday
She swore to kill herself
He's making arrangements for his wedding to Juliet.
He was making preparations for the wedding of Juliet to Count Paris.
In Romeo and Juliet, the wedding of Romeo and Juliet quickly turns into a funeral when Tybalt is killed by Romeo in a duel. This event sets off a series of tragic misunderstandings and deaths, leading to the untimely demise of both Romeo and Juliet.
Romeo and Juliet's Wedding Datemarch 11 1302
No! The family does not know that Romeo and Juliet are getting married. But that is not the only marriage in the play. There is a planned wedding of Juliet to Paris. And that wedding the family does know about.
yes because Paris killed mercutio in a fight. < This is wrong Romeo kills Tybalt because Tybalt killed mercutio in a fight. Paris plans to get married to Juliet but on the day of their wedding Juliet dies. So Paris never dies.<~ This is also wrong, Romeo kills Tybalt because he killed Mercutio and Romeo also kills Paris because he provoked him in the Capulet tomb. So Paris does die.
Paris wanted to marry Juliet. Romeo succeeded.
Monday
In Act 4, Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet, the Capulets are preparing for Juliet's wedding to Paris. However, the event takes a tragic turn when Juliet is found seemingly dead in her room.
romeo and Paris / rosaline and Juliet
The wedding between Romeo and Juliet occurs just after the end of Act II