This quote is from William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet." Juliet is expressing that Romeo's name, being from the rival Capulet family, is the only obstacle to their love. She reflects on how a name can create division between people, even though it doesn't define who they are as individuals.
Well, that isn't the exact quotation from the play, but that is a paraphrase of Romeo talking to Juliet in Shakespeare's play (Romeo and Juliet). The original line is "My name, dear saint, is hateful to myself / Because it is an enemy to thee."
Because you are thinking about yourself instead of others.
By a name, I know not how to tell thee who I am.If, in order to tell you "who I am", I have to give you my name...I'd rather not.My name, dear Saint,If I were to tell you my name, Pretty Girl (who was dressed up as a saint at that costume party we were both just at),Is hateful to myself, because it is an enemy to thee.You wouldn't like it* . And because you wouldn't like my name, I don't like my name either.Had I it written, I would tear the word.If I had a piece of paper with my name on it, I would rip it up. I would pretend that my name was gone, and my family was gone, and then we could get married.*Juliet has been talking about how she has a huge crush on Romeo. BUT she wishes she didn't have the name Romeo Montague, because her parents will never let her marry a boy named Montague. Romeo heard all this, and so he talks about how Juliet hates his name.
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Romeo was for sure scared to tell Juliet because once she knew his name, she would find out that he was a Montague and he thought she would no longer love him, because of the dispute with the two families. So when she asks him what his name is, he says he doesn't want to tell her, and would rather have any other name rather than not be loved by her. When she asks who he is, he says: By a name I know not how to tell thee who I am. My name, dear saint, is hateful to myself Because it is an enemy to thee. Had I it written, I would tear the word.
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