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1Romeo and Juliet
2Excerpt from Act 2, Scene 2
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4JULIET
5O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?
6Deny thy father and refuse thy name;
7Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
8And I'll no longer be a Capulet.
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10ROMEO
11[Aside] Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?
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13JULIET
14'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
15Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
16What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,
17Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
18Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
19What's in a name? that which we call a rose
20By any other name would smell as sweet;
21So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,
22Retain that dear perfection which he owes
23Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name,
24And for that name which is no part of thee
25Take all myself.
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27ROMEO
28I take thee at thy word:
29Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized;
30Henceforth I never will be Romeo.
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32JULIET
33What man art thou that thus bescreen'd in night
34So stumblest on my counsel?
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