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		<title>Comment on Romeo and Juliet Act 3.2 by Heartburn Home Remedy</title>
		<link>http://shakespearespage.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/romeo-and-juliet-act-32/#comment-282</link>
		<dc:creator>Heartburn Home Remedy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The style of writing is quite familiar to me. Have you written guest posts for other blogs?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The style of writing is quite familiar to me. Have you written guest posts for other blogs?</p>
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		<title>Comment on Shakespeare, Pinero, and The Second Mrs Tanqueray by Stanleyan</title>
		<link>http://shakespearespage.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/shakespeare-pinero-and-the-second-mrs-tanqueray/#comment-161</link>
		<dc:creator>Stanleyan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>thank you, bro</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>thank you, bro</p>
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		<title>Comment on Ewan McGregor as Iago by Nadia Bradwell</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nadia Bradwell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There were some really good reviews for Ewan Mcgregor&#039;s Iago that you didn&#039;t mention.  Especially from the critic&#039;s who watched the play without bias.  The way he plays Iago contributes to the uniqueness of the play and helps to return the focus back to Othello. He was quite brave to to do this as an actor.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There were some really good reviews for Ewan Mcgregor&#8217;s Iago that you didn&#8217;t mention.  Especially from the critic&#8217;s who watched the play without bias.  The way he plays Iago contributes to the uniqueness of the play and helps to return the focus back to Othello. He was quite brave to to do this as an actor.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Romeo and Juliet Act 3.5.1-64 by The Bard</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Bard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Essentially, yes. If you look at the whole of the four lines where this speech occurs (2.2.33-36) the sense becomes really clear, I think:

&quot;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&#039;ll no longer be a Capulet.&quot;

By denying his father, Romeo would be rejecting the name of Montague--&quot;&#039;Tis but thy name that is my enemy.&quot; Juliet&#039;s alternative, if Romeo will swear he loves her truly, is that she&#039;ll deny her own name--Capulet. This leads her on to contemplate &quot;What&#039;s in a name?&quot; which is an interesting philosophical point. If what we now call a rose were to be called &quot;cabbage&quot; (say) it would still smell sweetly, etc. Yet, of course, names can mean a great deal, rightly, wrongly, or falsely. Incidentally, the &quot;wherefore&quot; is sometimes mistaken to mean &quot;where are you?&quot; (People hear the &quot;where&quot; but not &quot;wherefore&quot; meaning &quot;why&quot;). Hope this is fairly clear?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Essentially, yes. If you look at the whole of the four lines where this speech occurs (2.2.33-36) the sense becomes really clear, I think:</p>
<p>&#8220;O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?<br />
Deny thy father and refuse thy name;<br />
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,<br />
And I&#8217;ll no longer be a Capulet.&#8221;</p>
<p>By denying his father, Romeo would be rejecting the name of Montague&#8211;&#8221;&#8216;Tis but thy name that is my enemy.&#8221; Juliet&#8217;s alternative, if Romeo will swear he loves her truly, is that she&#8217;ll deny her own name&#8211;Capulet. This leads her on to contemplate &#8220;What&#8217;s in a name?&#8221; which is an interesting philosophical point. If what we now call a rose were to be called &#8220;cabbage&#8221; (say) it would still smell sweetly, etc. Yet, of course, names can mean a great deal, rightly, wrongly, or falsely. Incidentally, the &#8220;wherefore&#8221; is sometimes mistaken to mean &#8220;where are you?&#8221; (People hear the &#8220;where&#8221; but not &#8220;wherefore&#8221; meaning &#8220;why&#8221;). Hope this is fairly clear?</p>
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		<title>Comment on Romeo and Juliet Act 3.5.1-64 by Brooke McGowen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Brooke McGowen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>When Juliet says &quot;wherefore art thou romeo?&quot; is she wondering why Romeo had to be from an opposing family or does this line mean something else?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When Juliet says &#8220;wherefore art thou romeo?&#8221; is she wondering why Romeo had to be from an opposing family or does this line mean something else?</p>
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		<title>Comment on Cymbeline by The Bard</title>
		<link>http://shakespearespage.wordpress.com/2007/03/28/cymbeline/#comment-50</link>
		<dc:creator>The Bard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m going to write about &quot;Cymbeline&quot; (eventually). It&#039;s a pity it isn&#039;t done more often.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m going to write about &#8220;Cymbeline&#8221; (eventually). It&#8217;s a pity it isn&#8217;t done more often.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Coriolanus by The Bard</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Bard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Alan Howard in the BBC version makes a fine Coriolanus, I think--much than McKellan in the National Theatre version in the late 80s.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Alan Howard in the BBC version makes a fine Coriolanus, I think&#8211;much than McKellan in the National Theatre version in the late 80s.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Richard II at Stratford-upon-Avon by The Bard</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Bard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Richard is played by Jonathan Slinger--an actor I haven&#039;t heard of, I&#039;m afraid. I once saw, years ago, Ian McKellan as Richard, when he alternated the role with Edward II in Marlowe&#039;s play. Very good indeed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Richard is played by Jonathan Slinger&#8211;an actor I haven&#8217;t heard of, I&#8217;m afraid. I once saw, years ago, Ian McKellan as Richard, when he alternated the role with Edward II in Marlowe&#8217;s play. Very good indeed.</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Shakespeare Diaries by The Bard</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Bard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Many thanks for your good wishes, and the best of luck with your own work.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many thanks for your good wishes, and the best of luck with your own work.</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Shakespeare Diaries by waltzingaustralia</title>
		<link>http://shakespearespage.wordpress.com/2007/04/14/the-shakespeare-diaries/#comment-46</link>
		<dc:creator>waltzingaustralia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m a fan of the Bard. I&#039;ll definitely check this out. (And, as a fellow writer, I wish you tremendous sales.)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m a fan of the Bard. I&#8217;ll definitely check this out. (And, as a fellow writer, I wish you tremendous sales.)</p>
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