Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?

1. Words from the play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare. (Wherefore means “why.”) Juliet is lamenting Romeo's name, alluding to the feud between their two families. (See What's in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet.)

Example Sentences

“O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo?”

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Instead of "O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?"�one of the Bard's most famous questions�you would have Juliet ask, "Wherefore art you Romeo?"

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And when a young playwright takes her to an opening-night party, she gets drunk, embarrasses him and bores everybody else by climbing on the nearest eminence to recite "0 Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?"

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Then, as though sorry for these words, she holds out her hands to him, and says, with a quick smile, "Oh, Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?"

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Then the words flowed from her, the wonderful words: “‘O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo?

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