Question

What purpose do these lines from Juliet’s soliloquy serve?

"Juliet: O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?

Deny thy father, and refuse thy name;

Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,

And I'll no longer be a Capulet.

–Romeo and Juliet,
William Shakespear"

Answer 1

Answer:

Answer: The correct answer is the first one, to reveal Juliet's feelings about Romeo.

We know it best, of course, from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet: O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? Juliet isn't asking where Romeo is—she's asking why he's Romeo.

Juliet

Deny thy father and refuse thy name, Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I'll no longer be a Capulet. Juliet speaks these lines, perhaps the most famous in the play, in the balcony scene .

wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name, Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I'll no longer be a Capulet.

And I'll no longer be a Capulet.” (Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II, Lines 33–36). It implies Juliet's fear that their love would eventually end in failure, as Romeo is a Montague, and she a Capulet (two tribes terribly hostile to each other)