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….a rose by any other name….

A rose by any other name is part of the famous quotes from William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet play. The quote is written as a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. 

Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet is written about young star-crossed lovers with feuding families. The play is based on love and the strengths people will go to while there in love, and the troubles faced in love. Juliet was speaking the quote. The scene is 

'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;

      Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.

      What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,

      Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part

      Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!

      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.

The quote means the nature of things is more important than what it is called. What matters is what something is, not what it is called. The plays plot was based on an Italian tale. His quote has now been created into a television show but with no connection to the play. 

William was baptised in 1564 on april the 26th. His birth date is unknown. He lived in Capulets Orchard in England. Shakespeare died on the 23rd of April 1616 at the age of 52. He was survived by his wife and two daughters.