In the United States, we usually associate pilgrims with Thanksgiving and people in tall black hats and shoes with big buckles.
The word “pilgrim” actually refers to anyone who travels to a sacred place for religious reasons.
Why do you think Shakespeare chose to use this rhyme scheme in The Prologue?
Use the sentences to identify the two items being compared.
Ex. The snow is a white blanket.
The was a .
The was a .
is a .
Her lovely was to his ears.
is a .
90 If I profane with my unworthiest hand
91 This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this,
92 My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand
93 To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.
94 Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much,
95 Which mannerly devotion shows in this:
96 For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch,
97 And palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss.
98 Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too?
99 Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in pray'r.
Read Romero's first four lines.
What action is Romeo talking about when he says he might "have "profane[d]...this holy shrine"?
If, in Romeo’s metaphor, lips are represented by pilgrims, then what is he calling a sacred place?
Why do Romeo call his sin "gentle"?
Romeo: O then, dear saint,
They pray-
Juliet: Saints do not
Romeo: Then move not while my prayer's
PART I: Which of Romeo's lines do you think convinces Juliet to kiss him?
Scene 5
ROMEO
90 If I profane with my unworthiest hand 91 This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this, 92 My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand 93 To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss. JULIET 94 Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much, 95 Which mannerly devotion shows in this: 96 For saints have hands that pilgrims’ hands do touch, 97 And palm to palm is holy palmers’ kiss. ROMEO 98 Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too? JULIET 99 Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in pray’r. ROMEO 100 O then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do, 101 They pray—grant thou, lest faith turn to despair. JULIET 102 Saints do not move, though grant for prayers’ sake. ROMEO 103 Then move not while my prayer’s effect I take.
Romeo gives the nickname "saint" to
Who or what does Juliet say has been wronged during this scene?
How does Romeo and Juliet’s language show that they make a good couple? Develop your reasons with evidence from the text. (APE- This answer should be 4-6 sentences).
Scene 5
ROMEO
90 If I profane with my unworthiest hand
91 This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this,
92 My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand
93 To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.
JULIET
94 Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much,
95 Which mannerly devotion shows in this:
96 For saints have hands that pilgrims’ hands do touch,
97 And palm to palm is holy palmers’ kiss.
ROMEO
98 Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too?
JULIET
99 Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in pray’r.
ROMEO
100 O then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do,
101 They pray—grant thou, lest faith turn to despair.
JULIET
102 Saints do not move, though grant for prayers’ sake.
ROMEO
103 Then move not while my prayer’s effect I take.
In this passage Juliet has
Romeo's lines rhyme with Juliet's lines
Select two of Romeo’s lines that rhyme with Juliet’s.
Look at The Prologue again. Pay attention to the rhyme scheme. Drag the letters to identify the rhyme scheme.
Two households, both alike in dignity
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life;
Whose misadventur'd piteous overthrows
Doth with their death bury their parents’ strife.
The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love
And the continuance of their parents’ rage,
Which, but their children’s end, nought could remove,
Is now the two hours’ traffic of our stage;
The which if you with patient ears attend,
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.
Juliet calls Romeo a “pilgrim,” which is the same thing as a palmer. In line 97, how does she describe a palmer’s kiss?
Juliet is saying something true about palmers, but what is she really telling Romeo?
Romeo points out that palmers have lips; what is he really telling Juliet?
How is this scene changed by Romeo's and Juliet’s use of an extended metaphor to flirt rather than trying to say what they feel more directly?
In line 98, Romeo asks, “have not saints lips, and holy palmers too?” What does he mean by this?
In lines 99–103, which word is repeated the greatest number of times?
ROMEO
98
JULIET
99 Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in pray’r.
ROMEO
100
101
JULIET
102 Saints do not move, though grant for prayers’ sake.
ROMEO
103
How many syllables are in most of the lines?
