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37:, in which Juliet seems to argue that it does not matter that Romeo is from her family's rival house of Montague. The reference is used to state that the names of things do not affect what they really are. This formulation is, however, a paraphrase of Shakespeare's actual language. Juliet compares Romeo to a rose saying that if he were not a Montague, he would still be just as handsome and be Juliet's love. This states that if he were not Romeo, then he would not be a Montague and she would be able to marry him without hindrances. 167:
Q2, a superior 1599 printing, is believed to be a more official version printed from Shakespeare's original manuscript although perhaps not with Shakespeare's personal input. This is believed since there are textual oddities such as "false starts" for speeches that were presumably not clearly crossed
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Although it is one of the most famous quotes from the work of Shakespeare, no printing in Shakespeare's lifetime presents the text in the form known to modern readers: it is a skillful amalgam assembled by
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Malone reasoned that the awkward half-line of "belonging to a man" could be reconnected into verse through correction with Q1. Modern editors have generally concurred.
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was published twice, in two very different versions. The first version of 1597, named "Q1", is believed to have been an unauthorised pirate copy or
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In the famous speech of Act II, Scene II of the play, the line is said by Juliet in reference to Romeo's house:
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That which we call a rose, 160:What's in a name? That which we call a rose, 117:Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized; 91:What's in a name? That which we call a rose 62:Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, 309: 295: 105:And for that name which is no part of thee 88:Belonging to a man. O, be some other name! 84:What's Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot, 402:The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet 179:What's Montague? It is not hand nor foot, 156:What's Montague? It is not hand nor foot, 103:Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name, 101:Retain that dear perfection which he owes 99:So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd, 58:O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? 630:Roméo et Juliette, de la Haine à l'Amour 177:Thou art thyself, though not a Montague, 82:Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. 187:By any other word would smell as sweet. 181:Nor arm nor face. O be some other name, 162:By any other name would smell as sweet. 133:, an editor in the eighteenth century. 1627: 264: 158:Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part. 95:By any other name would smell as sweet 16:Idiom, quotation from Romeo and Juliet 290: 267:Romeo and Juliet Language and Writing 154:’Tis but thy name that is mine enemy: 86:Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part 168:out enough for the printer to spot. 60:Deny thy father and refuse thy name; 175:’Tis but thy name that is my enemy: 80:'Tis but thy name that is my enemy; 13: 119:Henceforth I never will be Romeo. 14: 1666: 269:. 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William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet
Montague
Edmond Malone
bad quarto
memorial reconstruction
Law of identity
Linguistic relativity
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The Importance of Being Earnest
Rectification of names
Romeo and Juliet
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