Romeo and Juliet Quote essay

Act 2; Scene 2; Lines 36-39 and 41-52 36 O Romeo, Romeo wherefore art thou Romeo? 37 Deny thy father and refuse thy name, 38 Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, 39 And I’ll no longer be a Capulet. 41 ‘Tis but thy name that is my enemy. 42 Thou art thyself, thou not a Montague. 43 What’s Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot, 44 Nor arm, nor face, [nor any other part] 45 Belonging to a man. O, …

…That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet.” I think that William Shakespeare wrote this passage with excellent use of imagery and metaphors, ideas of universal significance, contradiction, and one motif. Line 36-39 and 41-52 of Act two; Scene two are crucial to the understanding of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet because they show the overwhelming dilemma faced by the star-crossed lovers. That much pressure led them to suicide.