Retain that dear perfection which he owes So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd, What's in a name? That which we call a rose What's Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot,īelonging to a man. Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this? Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? The line implies that his name (and thus his family's feud with Juliet's family) means nothing and they should be together. In the famous speech of Act II, Scene II of the play, the line is said by Juliet in reference to Romeo's house: Montague. This states that if he were not Romeo, then he would not be a Montague and she would be able to marry him without hindrances. Juliet compares Romeo to a rose saying that if he were not named Romeo he would still be handsome and be Juliet's love. This formulation is, however, a paraphrase of Shakespeare's actual language. The reference is used to state that the names of things do not affect what they really are. " A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" is a popular adage from William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, in which Juliet seems to argue that it does not matter that Romeo is from her family's rival house of Montague.
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