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      • Romeo approaches Juliet and takes her hand, calling it a “holy shrine.” He says that if his touch is too rough, he’ll smooth it with a kiss. Juliet assures Romeo that his hands are soft—their meeting palms feel to her like a pilgrim’s soft, chaste kiss.
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  2. In a dialogue laced with religious metaphors that figure Juliet as a saint and Romeo as a pilgrim who wishes to erase his sin, he tries to convince her to kiss him, since it is only through her kiss that he might be absolved. Juliet agrees to remain still as Romeo kisses her.

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    • Summary of Act I Scene 5 Sonnet
    • Structure of Act I Scene 5 Sonnet
    • Literary Devices in Act I Scene 5 Sonnet
    • Analysis Ofact I Scene 5 Sonnet

    Within these lines Shakespeare uses an extended metaphor, comparing Romeo to a pilgrim and Juliet to a religious/holy site, to describe their relationship. Romeo acts reverentially, cleverly convincing Juliet to let him kiss her while also treating her as a saint.

    In the ‘Act I Scene 5 Sonnet’ Romeo and Juliet meet. It is in these lines that they first encounter one another and share their first kiss. Although it appears within the text of Romeo and Juliet these fourteen lines are structured in the form which has come to be synonymous with the poet’s name. It made up of three quatrains, or sets of four lines...

    Shakespeare makes use of several literary devices in the ‘Act I Scene 5 Sonnet’. These include but are not limited to allusion, metaphor, and alliteration. The first of these, allusion, is quite important. It is an expression that’s meant to call something specific to mind without directly stating it. In this case, the relationship that blossoms be...

    Lines 1-4

    The first four lines of this sonnet are spoken by Romeo. He has taken Juliet’s hand, as the stage notes dictate, and declares that it is holy. His own hand is “unworth[y]” of touching her’s, he states. Shakespeare uses the metaphor to compare Juliet’s hand to a holy shrine and Romeo’s to an unholy visitor or pilgrim. It is continued into the next lines as Romeo suggests that if she’s offended by the “sin” of his hand touching hers that his lips are ready to make it better “with a tender kiss”...

    Lines 5-8

    The second quatrain of the ‘Act I Scene 5 Sonnet’is Juliet’s response to Romeo’s proffered kiss. She tells him, as a “pilgrim” traveling to the holy shrine that is her hand, that he doesn’t give himself enough credit. His hand is not sinning, it is showing “mannerly devotion” to her own hand by touching it. She proves this by suggesting that his hand touching hers is similar to pilgrims touching the hands of statues at holy sites. The statues of these saints are not sinned against. The last l...

    Lines 9-14

    The next six lines of the ‘Act I Scene 5 Sonnet’ go back and forth between Romeo and Juliet. Romeo takes line nine, asking Juliet if saints and pilgrims have lips too. She replies that yes, “pilgrim,” they do have lips, ones they are supposed to pray with. This shows that she is prepared to banter with Romeo but is not quite as immediately passionate as he is. He asks her in the next two lines to “let lips do what hands do” and kiss. He prays that she allows him to kiss her. If she doesn’t, t...

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  3. Romeo suggests that he is 'rough' and not worthy of Juliet's touch. The fact Romeo describes the kiss as 'tender' illustrates Romeo's gentle and true emotions and feelings...

  4. After Romeo first kisses Juliet, she tells him, “you kiss by th’ book,” meaning that he kisses according to the rules, and implying that while proficient, his kissing lacks originality (1.5.107).

  5. Jul 31, 2015 · Synopsis: Capulet welcomes the disguised Romeo and his friends. Romeo, watching the dance, is caught by the beauty of Juliet. Overhearing Romeo ask about her, Tybalt recognizes his voice and is enraged at the intrusion. Romeo then meets Juliet, and they fall in love.

  6. Jul 31, 2015 · Paris visits Juliet’s tomb and, when Romeo arrives, challenges him. Romeo and Paris fight and Paris is killed. Romeo, in the tomb, takes poison, dying as he kisses Juliet. As Friar Lawrence enters the tomb, Juliet awakes to find Romeo lying dead. Frightened by a noise, the Friar flees the tomb. Juliet kills herself with Romeo’s dagger.

  7. Romeo approaches Juliet and takes her hand, calling it a “holy shrine.” He says that if his touch is too rough, he’ll smooth it with a kiss. Juliet assures Romeo that his hands are soft—their meeting palms feel to her like a pilgrim’s soft, chaste kiss.

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