O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?
wherefore=for what reason
art thou Romeo=are you called 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.
'Tis but thy name that is my enemy.
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
though not=even if you were not
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
owes=owns
Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name;
title=name
doff=remove
And for that name, which is no part of thee,
for that name=in exchange for that name
Take all myself.