This is one of Shakespeare's best known lines - from, of course, Romeo and Juliet , 1592. The 'wherefore' here means why rather than where. What Juliet is asking, in allusion to the feud between her Capulet family and Romeo's Montague cla...
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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. Romeo: [Aside] Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this? Juliet: 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy: Thou art thyself, tho...
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Apr 24, 2000 ... O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore (7) art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, ...
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This is a Old English quote from Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet". Juliet Capulet recites this to Romeo Montague, who is waiting for her down her balcony. "Wherefore art thou Romeo?" means Why are you Romeo? or m...
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It means "Why are you Romeo?" It is asked because of the feud between Romeo's and Juliet's families, and Juliet is asking Romeo why he couldn't have been someone else...from another family. Actually she means "Why do you hav...
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Likewise, when Romeo does make himself known, Juliet recoils – “What man art thou that, thus bescreened in night/ So stumbles on my council?” When they’ve established his identity, Juliet demands “How cam’st thou hither, tell me, and wherefore?” This is a long way from her elegant apostrophe a few lines...
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The question that always baffles me is why doesn't Juliet say Wherefore art thou Montague?"? Surely it's the fact that he's a Montague that bothers her, not that his monicker is Romeo?
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