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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 clan, is 'Romeo, why are you a Montague?'. Their love is impossible because of their family names and she asks him to change his allegiance, or else she will change hers.
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www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/262200.html
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Definition of wherefore from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. ... Learn more about "Wherefore" and related topics at Britannica.com...
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www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Wherefore
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Wherefore
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By "wherefore?" Juliet means "for what purpose?" If she had merely asked "Why art thou Romeo?" she wouldn't be distinguishing the two major meanings of "why"—"from what cause" (in the past) and "for what purpose" (in the future).
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I'd just like to say that "wherefore" means "why"... and if you mean "why," why not SAY why? Rather than sort of misquoting Shakespeare for no good reason, how about picking a headlines that actually says something meaningful?
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This means that for most people, the browser continues being the most used application on the desktop. Firefox by itself is a pretty decent browser, but Firefox with an army of extension developers becomes serious competition to the Windows desktop.
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When Juliet says “Wherefore art thou Romeo?“ she means ”Why do you have to be Romeo—why couldn’t you have a name belonging to some family my folks are friendly with?” she is not asking where Romeo is.
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www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/wherefore.html
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I will be handing in my English Majors of America membership card, as commenters point out that "wherefore" means "why," not "where." The headline should then have been "Wherefore art thou not shipping yet, Final Cut Server?" --MR;
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www.tuaw.com/2007/09/28/wherefore-art-thou-final-cut-se...
www.tuaw.com/2007/09/28/wherefore-art-thou-final-cut-server/
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I think I've corrected Ezra twice over the past several years on the 'wherefore' means why not where issue. Doubtless, others have done it too. ... At this point, I'm thinking that he put it in here to make a point about the lack of intellectualism in American culture. Nobody even knows what 'wherefore' means!
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www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/ezraklein_archive?month=05&...
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Romeo! Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo "wherefore" means "why": Why art thou "Romeo"? Why art thou a "Montague"? The love between Juliet and Romeo is impossible because of the feud between their f...
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