Romeo speaks of his strong love of Juliet, the daughter of a rival family, while waiting outside her window O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief. O, be some other name! What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet Hamletīut, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man. 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. 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: But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
Select a passage to see how it translates. Read through some passages of the playwright's most famous scenes and find out what he meant in contemporary English with the help of QUT's head of creative writing and literary studies, Glen Thomas - the actual meanings might surprise you.
Four hundred years after he rested his quill for the last time, the words and works of William Shakespeare continue to inspire performers and creators.
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