2007-09-02 22:38:21 · 8 answers · asked by Holiday Magic 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
Hmmmm... I think he died at the end. LOL.
2007-09-02 22:45:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A clever play on the line. It needs a comma after the "Where" to change the meaning completely.
As has been pointed out, "wherefore" means "why". By separating the "where" from the "fore" and changing the latter to "for", this becomes the plaintive cry of a modern young woman yearning for the romance personified by Romeo. There is also an exhortation to the swain to be Romeo ("for art thou Romeo?")
Delightful.
2007-09-03 05:53:20 · answer #2 · answered by rhapword 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically, this doesn't mean "where are you, Romeo," but "why are you Romeo."
She is lamenting the fact that the person she has fallen in love with is Romeo, a member of a family which is at war with her family.
So, the question is basically rhetorical, like asking "why couldn't you be a cool guy?" or "why couldn't you be somebody else?"
In other words, there isn't really a literal answer to this question. I suppose you could say "he is Romeo because he was born to his parents and they named him that," but that would be silly.
2007-09-03 00:33:08 · answer #3 · answered by Joey Michaels 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
JoeyMichaels is correct and if you'd spell wherefore correctly you'd be closer to understanding.
IN another Shakespeare play, Much Ado About Nothing, the supporting role of Hero is shamed at her wedding and "proven" to be a wanton or slut, having had meetings with men out her window the night before her wedding even. Her father buys it and as she collapses and others try to revive her, her father says Let her die. The priest says "wherefore should she?" meaning "why/" The father launches into a brilliant monologue that begins with "Wherefore?! Why doth not every earthly thing inform against her? Can she here deny that story that is printed in her blood?..." It goes on, but the succinct definition of "Wherefore" is found in the first two words os the monologue.
2007-09-03 04:18:39 · answer #4 · answered by actormyk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Romeo, Romeo, -------------Wherefore -----------art thou Romeo?
2007-09-03 00:36:23 · answer #5 · answered by bunter 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm in the east, and you Juliet is the sun. Not the exact quote, but I thought it was a funny answer (:
2007-09-02 22:41:03 · answer #6 · answered by Marcy C 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hark! Who goes there?!
(Sorry.... having a bad Brady Bunch flashback. It happens every time I hear that quote.) :o)
2007-09-02 22:46:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am hea, vating for you. I am in my smoking jacket and I am feeling vedy sad zat you and not hea vit me. I love you.
2007-09-02 22:48:26 · answer #8 · answered by PG 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋