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    What's in A Name?

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    This extract is from Act II, Scene I of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Romeo argues that his name, being a Montague, is his only enemy and that if he were called anything else, he would be just as sweet. He asks Juliet to call him by another name, taking all of herself, and when she agrees, he says he will be baptized as "love" and never be called Romeo again. This conversation shows Romeo willing to abandon his family name for his love of Juliet from the rival house of Capulet.

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    This extract is from Act II, Scene I of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Romeo argues that his name, being a Montague, is his only enemy and that if he were called anything else, he would be just as sweet. He asks Juliet to call him by another name, taking all of herself, and when she agrees, he says he will be baptized as "love" and never be called Romeo again. This conversation shows Romeo willing to abandon his family name for his love of Juliet from the rival house of Capulet.

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    This extract is from Act II, Scene I of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Romeo argues that his name, being a Montague, is his only enemy and that if he were called anything else, he would be just as sweet. He asks Juliet to call him by another name, taking all of herself, and when she agrees, he says he will be baptized as "love" and never be called Romeo again. This conversation shows Romeo willing to abandon his family name for his love of Juliet from the rival house of Capulet.

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    What's in A Name?

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    This extract is from Act II, Scene I of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Romeo argues that his name, being a Montague, is his only enemy and that if he were called anything else, he would be just as sweet. He asks Juliet to call him by another name, taking all of herself, and when she agrees, he says he will be baptized as "love" and never be called Romeo again. This conversation shows Romeo willing to abandon his family name for his love of Juliet from the rival house of Capulet.

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    Jul.Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
    Thou art thyself though, not a Montague.
    Whats Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,
    Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
    Belonging to a man. O! be some other name:
    Whats in a name? that which we call a rose
    By any other name would smell as sweet;
    So Romeo would, were he not Romeo calld,
    Retain that dear perfection which he owes
    Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name;
    And for that name, which is no part of thee,
    Take all myself.
    Rom. I take thee at thy word.
    Call me but love, and Ill be new baptizd;
    Henceforth I never will be Romeo.
    Act II. Scene I. Capulets' Orchard
    Romeo and Juliet
    Shakespeare, W.

    What is the use of the words thy, thou, thee? Are there other words which are not common
    nowadays?

    Is the structure of the sentences common to find? Separate the sentences in brakets and look for main
    verb and participants (subject, object, etc)

    Relate this extract to the general context of the act and scene. How do you interpret the question in
    the context of the play?

    Explain Romeo's answer in the context of the scene/play.

    Do you think the message underlying this extract applies to life in general? Why/why not? How?

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