Act 1, Scene 5: The Destined Lovers
Romeo and Juliet the famous couple that were destined to meet. They met at a party, and at first sight Romeo fell in love. As he filled Juliet's heart with a beautiful sonnet, she fell in love with his romantic personality. As Romeo and Juliet trade beautiful lines, it became clear that there love would become famous. A quote from the book describes their love for each other, "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. Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much, which mannerly devotion shows in this, for saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch, and palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss. Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too? Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer. O then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do. They pray: grant thou, lest faith turn to despair. Saints do not move, though grant for prayers' sake. Then move not while my prayer's effect I take.
The quote you chose does a great example of showing just how much Romeo loves and wants to be with Juliet and really helps express Romeo's emotion.
ReplyDeleteHow did it become clear that their love would become famous? While those lines do sound nice when said out loud, I have little idea what they mean.
ReplyDeleteVery great writing. I like the quote you include, took me a while to understand.
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