'Tis by thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art myself, though not a Montague.
What's a 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 just as sweet;
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name,
And for that name which is no part of thee
Take all myself.'
This is a quote from Romeo and Juliet (but more pointedly Juliet) by William Shakepeare. In this quote Juliet explains her apathy for the fact that Romeo's family is supposedly his enemy. That it was only that they were enemies by name and with or without them it didn't matter to her.
This play (written in 1597) is a story of love between two people who are torn apart by family conflict and tossed into…well…chaos! Unfortunately in the end (SPOILER ALERT) they both end up dead at the hands of themselves. Romeo walks in on a supposedly dead Juliet, who had actually drugged herself into sleep to avoid marriage, and plunges his sword into his chest in grief. Once waking up, Juliet is upset and poisons herself in sorrow.
As bitter sweet as it is this play is widely known and extremely famous. There have been many different versions of this play and in many different forms. (There's an anime version too 'Romeo x Juliet') So it's one of the many plays Shakespeare wrote that stays with us today.
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