Act 1 Scene 5 To explore Act 1 Scene 5 of the play To analyse Shakespeares use of language to develop characters Act 1 Scene 5 Capulets Serving Men 1 4 Capulet Cousin Capulet ID: 579505
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First Meeting
Act 1, Scene 5
To explore Act 1, Scene 5 of the playTo analyse Shakespeare’s use of language to develop charactersSlide2
Act 1, Scene 5
CapuletsServing Men 1 – 4CapuletCousin CapuletTybalt
JulietNurse
Montagues
Romeo
BenvolioSlide3
ROMEO
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. JULIET 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. ROMEO Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too? JULIET Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer. ROMEO O, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do; They pray — grant thou, lest faith turn to despair. JULIET Saints do not move, though grant for prayers' sake. ROMEO Then move not, while my prayer's effect I take. [Kisses her.] Thus from my lips, by yours, my sin is purged. JULIET Then have my lips the sin that they have took. ROMEO Sin from thy lips? O trespass sweetly urged! Give me my sin again. [Kisses her.] JULIET You kiss by th' book.
Profane = to be disrespectfulShrine = worshiping placePilgrims = religious visitorsMannerly = politeDevotion = religious loyaltyPalmersGrant thou = allow themLest = in fear ofThus = and soPurged = destroyedTrespass = invasionUrged = drove
What do the rhyming words in
the conversation
reveal about the characters’ feelings?
Who makes the first move?
What
does
the rhyming pattern reveal
about their personalities
?Slide4
ROMEO
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.
JULIET
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. ROMEO Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too? JULIET Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer. ROMEO O, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do; They pray — grant thou, lest faith turn to despair. JULIET Saints do not move, though grant for prayers' sake. ROMEO Then move not, while my prayer's effect I take. [Kisses her.] Thus from my lips, by yours, my sin is purged. JULIET Then have my lips the sin that they have took. ROMEO Sin from thy lips? O trespass sweetly urged! Give me my sin again. [Kisses her.] JULIET You kiss by th' book. Annotate:Religious lexisPhysical lexisRhyming schemeRepetitionSlide5
ROMEO
If I profane with my unworthiest hand (A) This holy shrine
, the gentle sin
is this:
(B)
My
lips
, two blushing
pilgrims, ready stand (A) To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss. (B)JULIET Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much, (C) Which mannerly devotion shows in this; (D) For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch, (C) And palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss. (D)ROMEO Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too? (E)JULIET Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer. (F)ROMEO O, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do; (E) They pray — grant thou, lest faith turn to despair. (F)JULIET Saints do not move, though grant for prayers' sake. (G)ROMEO Then move not, while my prayer's effect I take. (G) [Kisses her.] Thus from my lips, by yours, my sin is purged. JULIET Then have my lips the sin that they have took. ROMEO
Sin from thy lips? O trespass sweetly urged! Give me my sin again. [Kisses her.] JULIET You kiss by th' book.
Religious lexis
Holy
Shrine
Sin
Pilgrims
Devotion
Saints
Prayer
Faith
Purged
Book
Physical lexis
Hand
Lips
Touch
Kiss
Palm
Move
Rhyming scheme
Repetition
Hand
Sin
Lips
PilgrimsSlide6
Act 1, Scene 5
Why does Shakespeare choose the party as the play where Romeo & Juliet meet? What kind of language does Romeo use when he talks to Juliet? (lines 92-109)What does the following line mean?‘my grave is like to be my wedding bed,’
What does this tell us about the events in the play?Slide7
Character Progression
How has Romeo changed over the course of Act 1? How close is he to his Tragic Downfall?