Juliet compares Romeo to a rose. Her thoughts were along the lines of, if a rose us called by another name, it is still a rose in essence and soul. Even if Romeo denounced his family name, he would still be the same Romeo that he is now, the Romeo that she loves and the Romeo that loves her. Juliet wishes for Romeo to “refuse thy name” and in return, she will “no longer be a Capulet.” She knows that they are not defined by some arbitrary noise. A name is nothing but that, a noise that humans have added meaning too. A name is neither “hand nor foot not face.” Juliet feels that her family name should not define whom she can and cannot love. While their love blossoms unchanged by any obstacles that lie in their wake, their families feel that they can impose their hatred for the other family onto their children in order to keep them
Juliet compares Romeo to a rose. Her thoughts were along the lines of, if a rose us called by another name, it is still a rose in essence and soul. Even if Romeo denounced his family name, he would still be the same Romeo that he is now, the Romeo that she loves and the Romeo that loves her. Juliet wishes for Romeo to “refuse thy name” and in return, she will “no longer be a Capulet.” She knows that they are not defined by some arbitrary noise. A name is nothing but that, a noise that humans have added meaning too. A name is neither “hand nor foot not face.” Juliet feels that her family name should not define whom she can and cannot love. While their love blossoms unchanged by any obstacles that lie in their wake, their families feel that they can impose their hatred for the other family onto their children in order to keep them