Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

Literary Fiction15971 min
ACT II. SCENE II. Capulet’s orchard.
 
JULIET:
 
O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name;
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I’ll no longer be a Capulet.
’Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What’s Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.

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Originally published in 1597.

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