"dagger...on the back"Cultural ReferenceAct 5,Scene 3Lines 203-204An explanation of the placement of a dagger in myShakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Act 5, Scene 3. Capulet This dagger hath mista'en — for lo, his house Is empty on the back of Montague, — As was the custom of the time, Romeo would have worn his dagger on his back.
