![]() ![]() 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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