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Act 2; Scene 2; Lines 36-39 and 41-52 36 O Romeo, Romeo wherefore art thou Romeo? 37 Deny thy father and refuse thy name, 38 Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, 39 And I’ll no longer be a Capulet. 41 ‘Tis but thy name that i ....

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... and meaning to the play. Line 41 goes back to the original conflict that Romeo and Juliet are from feuding houses, the Capulets and the Montagues. It shows that Juliet does not want her family to fight the Montagues, and that she believes it is ridiculous because it is not the people they hate and fight it is their name, Montague. The section I chose reveals that the kids, Romeo and Juliet, feel that they can not have what they want because of the parents’ feuds. It makes you feel as helpless as they are, because you know that with their parents’ permission to get married, they would be happy. William Shakespeare uses an a ...