Friday, July 13, 2012

In Act 3, scene 1: Please explain: "I do protest I never injured thee,"... until: "which name I tender As dearly as mine own, be satisfied".

What is going on here is that Romeo is trying to calm
Tybalt down.  Tybalt wants to fight him but he does not want to fight Tybalt.  This is
because he is now married to Juliet and so he sees Tybalt as a
relative.


What he is saying here is essentially
this:


I'm telling you, I never did anything bad to
you.


I love you more than you will understand until you
find out why I love you.  So, Mr. Capulet (I love that name as much as my own), do not
be angry.

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