Names, or why Juliet was Wrong

September 15, 2010

A CLICHE: What is in a name?

Those words have been repeated in millions of conversations ever since Romeo and Juliet was first performed in 1597. Whenever people are bothered about names, Juliet (or, more rightly, Shakespeare) is quoted. Juliet Capulet and Romeo Montague can fall in love even though the other Capulets and Montagues are enemies.

What’s Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a

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