Obviously it wouldn't have been out of spite, but self defense like the play.
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ehaas-3 — 10 years ago(August 24, 2015 09:33 AM)
That's one of the least popular parts of the play and often omitted.
Paris has done nothing wrong, and there's already had enough tragedy. Romeo's posthumous image as a hero of the town is also much more believable if he hasn't just assassinated a Count.
Now, if Paris was a hateful character, it would be different.