"What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title."
Just how much do people identify people by a label? Isn't that what racial and sexual profiling is all about? But at the same time, can we function without putting people into categories? Juliets words open up all these questions.
By asking the nurse.
Cosmic irony
he wants to be free
Juliet asks for the identity of two other guys before she asks about Romeo to disguise the fact that it is romeo that she is really interested in.
A thematic poem is a poem containing a theme or thematic statement. A theme is basically what the main topic of the poem is, for examle a theme in Romeo and Juliet is love. A thematic statement is a message that the author is trying to send his/her readers through the poem. For example, a thematic statement in Romeo and Juliet is that love can always overcome hate.
Juliet's Nurse tells both Romeo and Juliet who the other's identity was.
The Nurse
Juliet's Nurse tells Romeo that Juliet is a Capulet, while Romeo's friend Benvolio reveals to Juliet that Romeo is a Montague.
I don't know whose Romeo and Juliet you are talking about, but that does not happen in the play of that name by Shakespeare. In Shakespeare's play, Juliet does not reveal her identity to Romeo. It is the nurse who tells him who she is. And he is not angry, only perplexed.
romeo. she likes to impersonate guys. she has identity issues
By asking the nurse.
Cosmic irony
he wants to be free
Romeo maintains his feelings towards Juliet despite the conflict between their families. Discuss what this detail tells us about love and identity. 2. Do you think the concept of identity has changed since Shakespeare’s time? Do last names hold as much weight as they once did? Explain your answer. 3.
Juliet asks for the identity of two other guys before she asks about Romeo to disguise the fact that it is romeo that she is really interested in.
Are you asking whether there is a line in another Shakespeare play, which is not Romeo and Juliet, which is a lot like a line which is in Romeo and Juliet? If so, it would help our enquiry if we had an idea what line from Romeo and Juliet you are thinking of. There are some famous similarities between lines in Shakespeare's plays Richard III, Titus Andronicus and Henry VI, but not so with Romeo and Juliet.
The Nurse reveals the truth about Romeo's identity to Juliet in Act I, Scene V of "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare. She tells Juliet that Romeo is a Montague, the son of their family's sworn enemy. This revelation sets the stage for the tragedy that unfolds as the young lovers continue their forbidden romance.