2007-12-30 09:56:10 · 10 answers · asked by : 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Its still a Rose.
2007-12-30 10:20:43 · answer #1 · answered by Niamh 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Still a rose. It´s a line from Romeo and Juliet.
Deny the father and refuse thy name.
A rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.
(I think it´s all Juliet's line, and that I have quoted it correctly)
She is begging Romeo to give up his family (as she would do as well) so they can marry - which would be against the families - both of them. They can´t marry and not be disowned, so they would have to accept that to get married. The line means that their love would be just as much love if they had different names, and not the names of two families in feud with each other.
BTW the beginning of that scene, where Juliet comes out to the balcony, and says: Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Does NOT mean Where are you? as he's standing right beneath her balcony and calling to her, she can see him. Wherefore means WHY. A huge misconception in English. She´s asking why he´s a memeber of the family that hers is in conflict with, instead of some other family, which would eliminate the entire conflict of the play.
And, Jaihare: Rose in Hebrew is Shoshana. That isn´t what you have written.
2007-12-30 18:41:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In Hebrew, "rose" is ××¨× "vered".
In Spanish, it is "rosa".
In Greek, it is ÏÏδο "rodo".
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What is the point of this question, by the way? Are you just trying to figure out what Shakespeare meant? He meant: Who cares what you call a rose in any language? It's not the name that is important but the character and sweetness of the flower. So it was with fair Juliet, whose family name was not nearly as important as her own virtue and the passion that existed between the two lovers.
2007-12-30 18:09:45 · answer #3 · answered by jaihare28 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A Helibore (Lenten Rose)
2007-12-30 18:03:28 · answer #4 · answered by resignedtolife 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rosie usually!
more formally Rosa Officinalis
I Particularly like Teasing Georgia (nice big cups, good up against a wall!)
2007-12-30 18:01:01 · answer #5 · answered by Emma Jean 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name 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"
2007-12-30 18:35:59 · answer #6 · answered by Bella 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
In Welsh...Rhosyn,
In Portuguese/Spanish/Italian...Rosa,
In French...Roz.
2007-12-30 18:04:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
German: Rose
Turkish: gül
2007-12-31 05:18:23 · answer #8 · answered by Rain 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mmmmmmmmm shakespeare well perhaps culture has come to yahoo questions and answers.
2007-12-30 18:05:35 · answer #9 · answered by bruce m 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
by any other name it would still smell as sweet.
2007-12-30 18:07:39 · answer #10 · answered by andy F7 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋