Juliet Capulet
Wherefore means why. "Wherefore art thou Romeo?" means "Why are you Romeo?" Juliet is asking why he is Romeo, or more simply why does he have to be a member of the Montague family.
Why. Or wherefore. Your choice. Shakespeare used both, frequently in the same sentence. e.g. Say, wherefore didst thou lock me forth to-day? And why dost thou deny the bag of gold? (Comedy of Errors, 4,4) Say, why is this? wherefore? What should we do? (Hamlet, 1,4) Why bastard? wherefore base? (King Lear, 1,2)
Juliet 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.
First Day - 2010 Wherefore Art Thou Romeo 1-3 was released on: USA: 7 September 2010
The phrase "My lovely Aaron wherefore look'st thou sad" from the play Titus Andronicus can be translated as "Aaron, my dear, why do you look sad?"
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It's eventually "Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized." "Wherefore art thou Romeo?" does not mean "Hey Romeo, where you at?" It means "Why do you have to be Romeo (Montague), and not someone from some family acceptable to my parents?"
Wherefore means "Why". So when Juliet says "Wherefore art thou Romeo" She's saying "Why are you Romeo?"
Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
She means "Where are you, Romeo?"
It is spelled "wherefore art thou".Wherefore does not mean where. It means for what reason, or why.So when Juliet says, "O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?" she means, "O Romeo, Romeo, why are you Romeo?" That is, why are you a guy called Romeo Montague instead of the same guy with a different name? That's why later on in the same speech she says, "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."Please correct anyone you hear trying to say that "wherefore" means "where".
I disagree with the popular answer of it meaning "why" in this usage. That meaning doesn't make much sense since it was his surname that was the subject of the passage. The word, "wherefore" can also mean "where". This does make sense as she didn't have to go to an open window to make her statement or soliloquy. Her calling out, "Wherefore art thou" meant that she didn't know he was present and it supports her statement "What man art thou, that, thus be-screen'd in night, So stumblest on my counsel?" as he was obscured in the darkness below.