I was taught in High School she’s lamenting the suffix “o”. Rome-o, Benvoli-o, Mercuti-o, while her clan all have names that end with “t”. Cuplet, Juliet, Tybalt. As in, “why aren’t you named Romus? Then we could be together”
I don’t buy it personally. But I assume there’s a wealth of Shakespearean scholarship that has investigated this to a deeper level than you or I care to.
I was taught in High School she’s lamenting the suffix “o”. Rome-o, Benvoli-o, Mercuti-o, while her clan all have names that end with “t”. Cuplet, Juliet, Tybalt. As in, “why aren’t you named Romus? Then we could be together”
I don’t buy it personally. But I assume there’s a wealth of Shakespearean scholarship that has investigated this to a deeper level than you or I care to.