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What is significant about this quote spoken by Romeo in Act 1, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, "One fairer than my love? The all-seeing sun/ Ne'er saw her match since the first world begun" (I.i.96-97)?
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In Act 1, Scene 2, after Paris and Lord Capulet have their conversation in which Paris tries to convince Capulet, once again, to allow him to marry Juliet, Benvolio...
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