Act 1 Scene 5
How does Romeo show what he means by these lines (What does he do?):
"If I profane with my unworthiest hand/This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this,/My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand/To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss."
holds Juliet's hand
tries to kiss Juliet's hand
Throughout the sonnet, Romeo calls Juliet ____, and Juliet calls Romeo ______.
a saint
a pilgrim
In the first encounter sonnet, how does Romeo use religious metaphors?
To flirt with Juliet.
Put these events in the correct order:
1. Romeo kisses Juliet.
2. Romeo says that Juliet is beautiful.
3. Romeo says that he will stay with Juliet forever.
4. Romeo says that Death is in love with Juliet.
5. Romeo drinks the poison.
2 , 4, 3, 1, 5
"Here, here I will remain/ With worms that are thy chambermaids."
What type of figurative language did Romeo use?
What does Romeo mean when he uses the figurative language in the italicized part of the sentence?
Metaphor
He will stay in the tomb with the worms that feast on dead bodies.
What does Romeo mean by these words and gestures (translate)?
"If I profane with my unworthiest hand/This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this,/My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand/To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss."
If I have insulted your pure hand by touching it with mine, my lips can fix this insult with a kiss
What does Juliet mean by this text: "Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much"? (translate)
You should not consider your hand unworthy of touching mine.
How do Romeo and Juliet connect the image of hands in prayer to the idea of kissing?
Juliet says that hands touch in prayer
Romeo says that lips can pray like hands do (hands touch = lips touch)
"Shall I believe/That unsubstantial Death is amorous,/ And that the lean abhorred monster keeps/ Thee here in dark to be his paramour?"
How does Romeo describe Death?
As a monster
"For fear of that, I still will stay with thee,/ And never from this palace of dim night/ Depart again."
Based on the context, what does the italicized phrase refer to (palace of dim night)?
Juliet's tomb
How does Romeo show what he means when he says, "O then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do,/They pray"? (what does he do?)
places his palm against Juliet's palm
Implies they should kiss
"And palm to palm is holy palmer's kiss."
What is a palm?
A part of the hand
Which line does Juliet reject Romeo?
"Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in pray'r."
"Shall I believe/That unsubstantial Death is amorous,/ And that the lean abhorred monster keeps/ Thee here in dark to be his paramour?"
Romeo believes that Death did what to Juliet?
took her to be his lover
Define setting.
What's one line Romeo says that directly refer to the setting of the scene?
Setting: time and place where the story takes place
"Thee here in dark"
"palace of dim night"
What does Romeo mean by these words and gestures (translate the lines)?
"O then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do,/They pray"?
-Then, dear Juliet, let our lips do what hands do when they pray-they join together
"And palm to palm is holy palmer's kiss."
What is a palmer?
A pilgrim traveling to a holy shrine
Define what a Sonnet is.
a 14-line poem, traditionally written in iambic pentameter with an intricate rhyme scheme
Why does Romeo say he will stay with Juliet forever?
He must stop Death from turning her into his lover.
"O, here/ Will I set up my everlasting rest,/ And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars/ From this world-wearied flesh."
What does Romeo mean by saying this? (translate)
I will die here and free my tired body from my unlucky fate
When Romeo first meets Juliet, he calls her hand ____ and his lips _______.
a shrine
two blushing pilgrims
What does Romeo mean by this line (translate):
"Then move not while my prayer's effect I take"?
Don't move while I make what I've been praying for happen
At first Romeo and Juliet rhyme on their own before rhyming together. Them rhyming together at the end means:
they're a good match/in love with each other.
Which quote from the text best supports that Romeo wants to stay with Juliet forever so that he can protect her from death?
"For fear of that, I still will stay with thee"
What type of punctuation does Romeo use at the end of his sentences? What does this imply about Romeo?
Exclamation points
to show how much Romeo cares