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Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?
- Words from the play , 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 .)
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