Who wrote 'What's in a name That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.' and where?

Answer 1

That quotation is a close approximation of a line from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. That line is talking about language and saying that what really matters is what a person is, not what groups he belongs to. That words don't mean much... you can still smell a rose and appreciate its beauty even if you called a particular rose "axle grease" instead. The line is just after Juliet finds out that Romeo belongs to a group that she has hated all her life. She already loves him though, and realizes that no matter what group he belongs to (in this case his family), she still loves him for who he is.

Answer 2

It's a line spoken by Juliet in the famous balcony scene of Romeo and Juliet. She is on her balcony, not knowing that Romeo is lurking in the bushes below. She is bemoaning the fact that although she loves Romeo, she has been taught that people with the name Montague are bad. She is beginning to see that this is a stupid point of view. Romeo is still the same guy, whatever his name is, just like a rose is still a rose if you call it something else.

Answer 3

Shakespeare

Also, I'm fairly certain it was in Romeo and Juliet

Just after the party, where, masked, Romeo and Juliet have fallen in love. Unluckily they are from feuding families, the Montagues and the Capulets. Juliet has just discovered that Romeo is a Montague. Romeo is listening unseen below, having climbed the wall into her garden.

[Juliet, at the balcony]:

Romeo, Romeo, wherefore [why] art thou Romeo?

Deny they father and refuse thy name, or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love

and I'll no longer be a Capulet.

What's in a name? [also famous as a quotation]

That which we call a rose, by any other name, would smell as sweet.

Answer 4

it is in "romeo and Juliet" as part of the balcony scene, Juliet professing her love for romeo to no one in particular.

the quote is in reference to the Montague and Capulet family feud.

Answer 5

It really depends entirely on which edition of Romeo and Juliet you are using. I do recommend that you take out your book and locate Act 2 Scene 2, and look at the beginning of that scene where Juliet says this.

Answer 6

This line was written by William Shakespeare in his play "Romeo and Juliet." It is spoken by Juliet in Act 2, Scene 2 of the play.

Answer 7

It comes from Shakespeare's play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Act 2 Scene 2.

Answer 8

William Shakespeare in 'Romeo and Juliet'.

Answer 9

She said that because It does not matter the name you have--the only thing that matters is how you are or who much you love someone.

Answer 10

rose