ROMEO: He (Mercutio) talks and jokes of love, yet he has no experience to this kind of love I feel now. [Juliet enters from the window above Romeo] Oh I see a beautiful light from that window above. For she’s like the sun, removing the darkness of the night. There she stands, keeping her virginity like the Maid of Diana, the goddess of virginity. Being a virgin, she suffers ‘green sickness’ (illness that people believed virgins suffered). Only the foolish believe that should keep their virginity and remain unmarried. Thus, Juliet, lose your virginity. Oh, It is she, the love of my life. She seems to think of something, for her mouth does not move. Her eyes seem to call out for something, thus I shall respond. But I’m to straightforward, for …show more content…
(In thought) ROMEO: Oh she has moved her mouth, speak once again my shining angel. For you stand out in the night that I stand below. You are an angel from heaven, with eyes caught in wonder. Mortal men fall at the presence of the angel who flies through the clouds and …show more content…
Even without your name, you would still be your normal self. More importantly, What’s a Montague? It’s not a hand, foot, arm, face, or any other human body part. Why couldn’t you belong to a different name! What does a “name” even mean? If we were to call a rose a different name, it wouldn’t change the fact that it smells sweet. Likewise, if Romeo were called a different name, he would still remain perfect. Therefore, my love, throw your name away, for it does not define who you are, and in return, take me! ROMEO: I keep your words. Announce me your love, and I will give myself a different name like as if it were baptism. I will no longer be Romeo the “Montague”. JULIET: Who is it that responds to my personal thoughts at this time of day? ROMEO: Oh how should I say my “name”, for I do not like it because it belongs to the enemy that your family hates, my dear saint. If this name were written on paper, I would immediately shred it to pieces. JULIET: You haven’t talked for long, yet I recognize your voice. Is it not Romeo the Montague? ROMEO: I am neither “Romeo” nor a “Montague”, my lady, if they are what you