| Romeo and Juliet | |
| Excerpt from Act 2, Scene 2 | |
| 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. | |
| ROMEO | |
| [Aside] Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this? | |
| 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. | |
| ROMEO | |
| I take thee at thy word: | |
| Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized; | |
| Henceforth I never will be Romeo. | |
| JULIET | |
| What man art thou that thus bescreen'd in night | |
| So stumblest on my counsel? |