| Romeo and Juliet |
| Excerpt from Act 2, Scene 2 |
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| JULIET |
| O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? |
| 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. |
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| ROMEO |
| [Aside] Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this? |
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| JULIET |
| 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy; |
| Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. |
| What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, |
| Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part |
| Belonging to a man. O, be some other name! |
| What's in a name? that which we call a rose |
| By any other name would smell as sweet; |
| So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd, |
| 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. |
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| ROMEO |
| I take thee at thy word: |
| Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized; |
| Henceforth I never will be Romeo. |
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| JULIET |
| What man art thou that thus bescreen'd in night |
| So stumblest on my counsel? |
