1. First Meeting Act 1, Scene 5
Saturday, 10 November 2018
First Meeting
Act 1, Scene 5
To explore the use of religious motifs in the play
To analyse Romeo and Juliet’s first meeting

2. Prayer
Shrine
Saints
Semantic Field of…
Pilgrims
Sin
Bible

3. Act 1, Scene 5 Capulets Montagues Serving Men 1 – 4 Lord Capulet
Cousin Capulet
Tybalt
Juliet
Nurse
Montagues
Romeo
Benvolio

4. ROMEO Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too?
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 disrespectful
Shrine = worshiping place
Pilgrims = religious visitors
Mannerly = polite
Devotion = religious loyalty
Grant thou = allow them
Lest = in fear of
Thus = and so
Purged = destroyed
Trespass = invasion
Urged = drove

5. Structure What form does the exchange take? What does this suggest?
Look at the words which rhyme in the conversation – what does this reveal about the characters’ feelings?
Who speaks more during the first meeting? What does this reveal about the characters?
What does the rhyming pattern reveal about their personalities?
ROMEO hand + stand this + kiss
JULIET much + touch this +kiss
ROMEO too
JULIET prayer
ROMEO do despair
JULIET sake
ROMEO take
          purged
JULIET took
ROMEO urged JULIET book

6. ROMEO Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too?
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 lexis
Physical lexis
Rhyming scheme
Repetition

7. ROMEO Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too? (E)
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

8. Religious Imagery Religious Symbol Literal Meaning
Metaphorical Meaning
Shrine
Sin
Pilgrims
Saints
Prayer
Book

9. ‘my grave is like to be my wedding bed,’
Act 1, Scene 5
Why does Shakespeare choose the party as the play where Romeo & Juliet meet?
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?

10. Essay Plan Part A: PEELAC 1/2
How are Romeo’s emotions presented in the extract from Act 1, Scene 5?
Part B: PEELAC 3/4
How are Romeo’s emotions presented differently in another part of the play?
Conclusion:
Give a short overview of how Shakespeare presents Romeo’s emotions.

11. Presentation of Romeo’s Feelings
Point
Evidence
Keywords & Connotations
Act 1, Scene 5
In Act 1, Scene 5, Shakespeare presents Romeo’s feelings as ___adjective___ using ___technique___.
Furthermore, Shakespeare presents Romeo’s feelings as ___adjective___ using ___technique___.
Act 1, Scene _____
However, in Act 1, Scene ____, Shakespeare presents Romeo’s feelings as ___adjective___ using ___technique___.
Moreover, in Act 1, Scene ____, Shakespeare presents Romeo’s feelings as ___adjective___ using ___technique___.

12. Tragic Hero Progression
How has Romeo changed over the course of Act 1? How close is he to his Tragic Downfall?