Question 1

What does “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet” mean?

Accepted Answer

what is important is what people or things are, not what they are called

Question 2

How is “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet” used?

Accepted Answer

In Anne of Green Gables (1985), one line is: “I read in a book once that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but I was never able to believe it.”

Question 3

Which movie is “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet” from?

Accepted Answer

The clip at the top of this page is from Anne of Green Gables (1985).