ROMEO, ROMEO! WHEREFORE ART THOU ROMEO? Definition & Meaning

Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?

�y��vlogs from the play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare . ( Wherefore means “why.”) Juliet is lamenting Romeo's name, alluding to the feud between their two families. ( See What's in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet .)

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“O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo?”

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Instead of "O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?"�one of the Bard's most famous questions�you would have Juliet ask, "Wherefore art you Romeo?"

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And when a young playwright takes her to an opening-night party, she gets drunk, embarrasses him and bores everybody else by climbing on the nearest eminence to recite "0 Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?"

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Then, as though sorry for these words, she holds out her hands to him, and says, with a quick smile, "Oh, Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?"

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Then the words flowed from her, the wonderful words: “‘O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo?

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