Read the excerpt from act i, scene v of romeo and juliet which best describes paris's reaction when he believes that juliet has died? paris: have i thought long to see this morning's face, and doth it give me such a sight as this? o he's angry that the friar gave her poison. o he's relieved that the wedding is canceled. o he's sympathetic toward her parents. o he's devastated that he cannot marry her.

He’s devastated that he cannot marry her.

Explanation: In Act 4, scene 5, Paris arrives with Friar Lawrence and a group of musicians for wedding preparations. When he finds out that Juliet passed away, he said, "Have I thought long to see this morning’s face, / And doth it give me such a sight as this?" He is upset that Juliet died the morning of their wedding day.

D.) He’s devastated that he cannot marry her.

Explanation:

Paris loudly cries and grieves the death of Juliet when they find her dead body, this happened on her wedding day.

He states:

"Beguiled, divorced, wronged, spited, slain!  Most detestable Death, by thee beguiled, / By cruel cruel thee quite over thrown! / O love!  O life!  not life, but love in death!"

With these lines, he clearly emphasises on how he will not be able to have her in his life, in this case in particular as his wife.

He was devasted or ruined that he couldn't marry Juliet.

He’s devastated that he cannot marry her.

Honestly this line doesn't really give you much to determine the answer from. However, if you've read this scene we can eliminate many options. No one knows where Juliet got the poison so no one, including Paris is angry with the friar. He is not relieved the wedding is cancelled. In fact, when the wedding got moved up, he was thrilled. There is no mention of Juliet's parents anywhere in his dialogue so this is simply not true either. His lines actually talk about how he's thought a lot about being able to wake Juliet on their wedding day which shows that he wanted to be wed to her. However, he can't because she's supposedly dead.