In Act 2 scene 2 my speech begins with some of Shakespeare's most famous lines said by Juliet: 'O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?” Shakespeare uses this phrase as his opening sentence to the romantic speech of Juliet. Juliet speaks in apostrophe using a literal device (An Apostrophe is in which you address someone who is absent or dead. And in this case the apostrophe is used to mention Romeo as Juliet thinks he is not present at the scene.)
When Juliet says the rest of the phrases she portrays a greatly significant part of the play in front of the audience. Shakespeare shows Juliet’s inner struggle as she expresses her thoughts loudly to herself. As she finds out that Romeo belongs to an enemy household she is utterly distressed. She doesn't realize that Romeo is listening, and tries to argue herself that though Romeo is from a rival’s house and named as a Montague but it does not matter to her as long as they both love each other. Though, she also wishes that Romeo would turn his back on his family name, which is “no part of” his fundamental identity, and win her in in the process. …show more content…
My favourite line is from this part of the speech, ‘What’s in a name that which we call a rose, by any other word would smell as sweet’. This line suggests that names are just labels to distinguish one thing from another. They have neither any worth, nor give true meanings. The example used in the speech to make the message clear is that even if we call a rose with an entirely different name, it would still smell the same, as it does with the name “rose.” Juliet links this with Romeo, that his name is just a label, and that if he loves her his name doesn’t matter to her and he would be the same person with any
When Juliet says the rest of the phrases she portrays a greatly significant part of the play in front of the audience. Shakespeare shows Juliet’s inner struggle as she expresses her thoughts loudly to herself. As she finds out that Romeo belongs to an enemy household she is utterly distressed. She doesn't realize that Romeo is listening, and tries to argue herself that though Romeo is from a rival’s house and named as a Montague but it does not matter to her as long as they both love each other. Though, she also wishes that Romeo would turn his back on his family name, which is “no part of” his fundamental identity, and win her in in the process. …show more content…
My favourite line is from this part of the speech, ‘What’s in a name that which we call a rose, by any other word would smell as sweet’. This line suggests that names are just labels to distinguish one thing from another. They have neither any worth, nor give true meanings. The example used in the speech to make the message clear is that even if we call a rose with an entirely different name, it would still smell the same, as it does with the name “rose.” Juliet links this with Romeo, that his name is just a label, and that if he loves her his name doesn’t matter to her and he would be the same person with any