Liz wherefore art thou ;___________________;
Because I can't resist correcting people on this...
wherefore = why
"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."
- William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, 2.2
Juliet was pondering why Romeo is 'Romeo,' referring to his name. I cannot begin to explain how many people mistake the first line in the quote for Juliet wondering
where he is, rather than
why his name is significant to who he is.
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet"
- William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, 2.2
The rose comparison illustrates that if Romeo were not of the Montague name (removing the conflict between the Capulets and Montagues from the equation), he would not be a different person for it.
Now that my 3 AM energy has caused me to channel my past English teacher's obsession with correcting misunderstandings of that line, I need sleep.
...wait, why did I spend valuable sleep time writing all this anyway? ;_;
Edit before posting (how redundant): The sad smiley in Jason's post was... somehow lost to me. His line makes complete sense, praise be upon him, etc.
I find it ironic that my most substantial, time-consuming (all 7 minutes of it) post in recent history is... also completely superfluous. Pantsless irony. :<