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Romeo & Juliet Soliloquies in Modern English

The soliloquies from Romeo & Juliet below are extracts from the full modern English Romeo & Juliet ebook, along with a modern English translation. Reading through the original Romeo & Juliet soliloquy followed by a modern version and should help you to understand what each Romeo & Juliet soliloquy is about:

O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright (Spoken by Romeo, Act 1 Scene 1)
What light through yonder window breaks? (Spoken by Romeo, Act 2 Scene 2)
The clock struck nine when I did send the nurse (Spoken by Juliet, Act 2 Scene 5)
Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds (Spoken by Juliet, Act 3 Scene 2)
How oft when men are at the point of death (Spoken by Romeo, Act 5 Scene3)
It is the east and juliet is the sun (Spoken by Romeo, Act 2 Scene 2)
What’s in a name? (Spoken by Juliet, Act 2 Scene 2)

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6 Responses to Romeo & Juliet Soliloquies in Modern English

Alaina May says: November 30, 2011 at 1:43 am

I would like to point out that this Quote is not said by Romeo, but by Juliet to Romeo.

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Alaina May says: November 30, 2011 at 1:44 am

Sorry, I mean the “A rose by any other name…” quote

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NSS says: November 30, 2011 at 10:04 am

Thanks for pointing out that Romeo & Juliet quote error Alaina – now fixed ;)

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Mariann says: March 16, 2012 at 1:40 am

It unfortunately still says spoken by Romeo. I actually was about to research online what I might of missed, because I could have sworn it was spoken by Juliet. Thank you for your comment, I was about to go on a wild goose chase.

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