“You mustn’t bellow out Romeo! that way, like a bull – you must say it soft and sick and languishy, so – R-o-o-meo! that is the idea; for Juliet’s a dear sweet mere child of a girl, you know, and she doesn’t bray like a jackass.”
– Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 21. The Duke to the King, as they practice speeches from Romeo and Juliet.