In this passage, Juliet is talking to herself in her room as Romeo stands outside listening while she is realizing how wrong her love for Romeo is because of the feud between their families. This passage is important to the development of the play because Juliet is convincing herself that there is nothing to a name. She focuses on this because she is trying to make it acceptable for them to be together. Through her monologue she chooses to be with Romeo despite everything because she loves him. In my analysis, I have concluded that even though Juliet doesn’t want to defy her family she personally feels that she must because she will disregard all of that to be with Romeo.
This passage is short but impactful to the decisions made that determine the way the rest of the story plays out. It is spoken entirely in prose which is showing the poetry of the speech and how through it they find resolution. Juliet starts to question her beliefs when she says, “What’s Montague? It is nor hand, not foot, nor arm, nor face, [nor any other part] belonging to a man.” (2.2.43-45) Her thought process here is the label of a name doesn’t determine anything about a person because it isn’t a part of their body. She continues this by saying “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose / by any other word would smell as sweet.” (2.2.46-47) Here she is simply …show more content…
His first line is just wondering when he should chime in and show Juliet that he has been there listening to her the whole speech. The next thing he says is, “I take thee at thy word. / Call me but love, and I’ll be new baptized. / Henceforth I will never be Romeo.” He is saying that just because Juliet says she loves him he will forget the name he has and get a new one. He feels the same about Juliet as she feels about him therefore he is proving that he will go to all lengths to be with her. His name means nothing to him if that is what is stopping him from being with his true love,
This passage is short but impactful to the decisions made that determine the way the rest of the story plays out. It is spoken entirely in prose which is showing the poetry of the speech and how through it they find resolution. Juliet starts to question her beliefs when she says, “What’s Montague? It is nor hand, not foot, nor arm, nor face, [nor any other part] belonging to a man.” (2.2.43-45) Her thought process here is the label of a name doesn’t determine anything about a person because it isn’t a part of their body. She continues this by saying “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose / by any other word would smell as sweet.” (2.2.46-47) Here she is simply …show more content…
His first line is just wondering when he should chime in and show Juliet that he has been there listening to her the whole speech. The next thing he says is, “I take thee at thy word. / Call me but love, and I’ll be new baptized. / Henceforth I will never be Romeo.” He is saying that just because Juliet says she loves him he will forget the name he has and get a new one. He feels the same about Juliet as she feels about him therefore he is proving that he will go to all lengths to be with her. His name means nothing to him if that is what is stopping him from being with his true love,