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Juliet

fictional character, “Romeo and Juliet”
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Juliet, daughter of the Capulets who is one of the two “star-crossed” lovers in Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet. Juliet’s musing on the balcony—

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’ll no longer be a Capulet.

—is overheard by Romeo and sets in motion one of the most famous love stories in Western literature.