"Wherefore art thou Romeo?" TUTORIAL | Juliet Monologue (Romeo and Juliet)

Shakespeare actor Shelby Lewis goes line-by-line to explain the famous Juliet monologue from the Romeo and Juliet balcony scene: "O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?"

* Performance of this monologue? Here 'tis! *
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📜 SHAKESPEARE TEXT
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Act 2 Scene 2

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
[Aside] Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?

JULIET
'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other word would smell as sweet;
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name,
And for that name which is no part of thee
Take all myself.

📸 PHOTO CREDIT
Interlochen Arts Academy
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare
Directed by David Montee
Photos Courtesy of Interlochen Center for the Arts
https://www.interlochen.org/

🎥 VIDEO CHAPTERS
0:00 Hello!
0:36 Up to this Point
1:46 NO BALCONY???
3:29 So much in the FIRST LINE
8:18 "Deny thy father"
11:40 Romeo has a line?!
13:35 "What's Montague?"
15:40 Juliet's dirty joke...
18:40 "What's in a name?"
22:23 Vowels for Lovers
25:12 When I played Juliet
27:01 Paraphrase
28:47 The Three Chunks
30:35 One Word Hack for Monologues
33:00 Thanks for watching!

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