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What is the meaning of “Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?”

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juliet wishes he were not a montague

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Basically Juliet is upset because if he were from any other family she would be fine. She says that if he won't go against his family, she will go against hers.

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Meaning of Wherefore Art Thou Romeo

Why are you Romeo?” is the opening sentence of a romantically philosophic speech by the character Juliet. Its literal meaning is that Juliet is agonized to think that Romeo is a Montague, and painfully wishes him to have been from some other tribe.

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