Prompt 1, Act 2, Scene 2, What is a Name?

Sometimes conflicts between groups set by only some members of the group but that affect everyone in the group can become unfair and unjust for people in the groups. For example, in the story, Romeo and Juliet are forbidden to be with each other because their families view each other as enemies. Romeo and Juliet have no quarrel, but due to the conflict of their families, they are forbidden to be lovers. Juliet makes a statement on this trying to tell Romeo to forget about each other's names and just focus on the actual people that they are: "Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What's a Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot, nor arm, nor face, nor any other part... Romeo, doff thy name, and, for thy name, which is no part of thee, take all myself" (73). In this quote Juliet makes a fantastic point on how a name is really just a title, and it should not be the person themselves. She finds it ridiculous that because of their names, her and Romeo are forbidden lovers. I can relate to this situation as when I was younger, I was once prevented from hanging out with one of my friends because my parents got in an argument with his parents. We shared no conflict, but because of our names and our relationships with our parents, we were forbidden to hang out with each other for a very long time. This is similar to what Romeo and Juliet feel as they are also wrongly forbidden from seeing each other due to their families having a conflict. This is simply unfair and I must agree due to my experiences in the past that you should not have to suffer consequences for things that people like your family members have started just because of your family relations to them and a name should be meaningful, but it should never rule a person's decisions or the way they live their life.