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The Love SonnetThe Love Sonnet
Act I, Scene vAct I, Scene v
• What is a sonnet?• What makes it a sonnet?• Why would a sonnet be considered close to
perfect?• What sonnets have you already come across
in the play?
• What is a sonnet?• What makes it a sonnet?• Why would a sonnet be considered close to
perfect?• What sonnets have you already come across
in the play?
What do these mean? What What do these mean? What idea do they have in common?idea do they have in common?• Profane
• Saint
• Pilgrim
• Shrine
• Palmer
• Profane
• Saint
• Pilgrim
• Shrine
• Palmer
TO ABUSE SOMETHING SACRED. (ALSO, AS IN BAD OR “PROFANE” LANGUAGE)
PLACE WHERE PILGRIMS VISIT FOR PRAYER AND TO WORSHIP A SAINT. OFTEN A STATUE OF THE SAINT OR A RELIC (BIT OF CLOTH, BONE, OR BODY PART) BELONGING TO THE SAINT IS THERE
PERSON WHO TRAVELS TO A HOLY PLACE OUT OF DEVOTION TO A GOD OR SAINT
PERSON WHO DIED AND WAS OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED BY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AS HOLY. CATHOLICS BELIEVE A PERSON CAN ASK THE SAINT TO SPEAK FOR HIM/HER TO GOD TO GRANT A PRAYER
PERSON WEARING TWO CROSSED PALM LEAVES AS A SIGN OF PILGRIMMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND (KNOWN TODAY AS ISRAEL)
Summary: Romeo decides he wants to kiss Juliet’s hand to show her how much he likes her. To do so, he takes her hand in his, and he explains that his hand is obviously not as worthy as hers. In fact, she is so worthy, she is like a what? (Look at line 94)
METAPHOR: Juliet is a ___________.
Summary: Romeo decides he wants to kiss Juliet’s hand to show her how much he likes her. To do so, he takes her hand in his, and he explains that his hand is obviously not as worthy as hers. In fact, she is so worthy, she is like a what? (Look at line 94)
METAPHOR: Juliet is a ___________.
Romeo: Romeo: If I If I profaneprofane with my unworthiest hand with my unworthiest hand 9393 This holy This holy shrineshrine, the gentle sin is this:, the gentle sin is this: 9494 My lips, two blushing My lips, two blushing pilgrimspilgrims, ready stand, ready stand 9595 To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss. To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss. 9696
Summary: Romeo says that if by touching her he has “profaned” her hand—if he has made it less holy—then he is willing to kiss her hand, to make up for his unworthy touch.
Romeo’s metaphor to describe his lips: Romeo’s lips = ___________ ___________ ___________
Summary: Romeo says that if by touching her he has “profaned” her hand—if he has made it less holy—then he is willing to kiss her hand, to make up for his unworthy touch.
Romeo’s metaphor to describe his lips: Romeo’s lips = ___________ ___________ ___________
Romeo: Romeo: If I If I profaneprofane with my unworthiest hand with my unworthiest hand 9393 This holy This holy shrineshrine, the gentle sin is this:, the gentle sin is this: 9494 My lips, two blushing My lips, two blushing pilgrimspilgrims, ready stand, ready stand 9595 To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss. To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss. 9696
In line 94, Romeo uses a metaphor to describe the kiss he will give Juliet’s hand. What two words are the other half of this metaphor? Romeo’s kiss on her hand = ___________ ___________
In line 94, Romeo uses a metaphor to describe the kiss he will give Juliet’s hand. What two words are the other half of this metaphor? Romeo’s kiss on her hand = ___________ ___________
Romeo: Romeo: If I If I profaneprofane with my unworthiest hand with my unworthiest hand 9393 This holy This holy shrineshrine, the gentle sin is this:, the gentle sin is this: 9494 My lips, two blushing My lips, two blushing pilgrimspilgrims, ready stand, ready stand 9595 To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss. To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss. 9696
Summary: Juliet accepts the compliment that plays along with Romeo, calling him by a new name.
What words does she use to describe him in line 97? _______ ______
Summary: Juliet accepts the compliment that plays along with Romeo, calling him by a new name.
What words does she use to describe him in line 97? _______ ______
Juliet: Juliet: Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too muchGood pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much 9797 Which mannerly devotion shows in this; Which mannerly devotion shows in this; 9898 For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do 9999
touchtouchAnd palm to palm is holy palmer’s kiss.And palm to palm is holy palmer’s kiss. 100100
Summary: But Juliet isn’t going to give in that easily to Romeo or his word play. Rather than saying, “No, you can’t kiss me,” she plays hard to get: “Oh, you’ve been too mean to your hand by saying it’s the ‘unworthiest.’” She says that even pilgrims can touch the hands of a saint (imagine a pilgrim rubbing the hand of a statue as he prays; that often happened at shrines and still does today). In other words, he could touch her hand, and their two palms together would be like a holy palmer’s (a pilgrim’s) prayer because pilgrims put two hands together to pray.
Does she want to be kissed? Why or why not?
Summary: But Juliet isn’t going to give in that easily to Romeo or his word play. Rather than saying, “No, you can’t kiss me,” she plays hard to get: “Oh, you’ve been too mean to your hand by saying it’s the ‘unworthiest.’” She says that even pilgrims can touch the hands of a saint (imagine a pilgrim rubbing the hand of a statue as he prays; that often happened at shrines and still does today). In other words, he could touch her hand, and their two palms together would be like a holy palmer’s (a pilgrim’s) prayer because pilgrims put two hands together to pray.
Does she want to be kissed? Why or why not?
Juliet: Juliet: Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too muchGood pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much 9797 Which mannerly devotion shows in this; Which mannerly devotion shows in this; 9898 For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do 9999
touchtouchAnd palm to palm is holy palmer’s kiss.And palm to palm is holy palmer’s kiss. 100100
Summary: Romeo, not to be argued out of kissing Juliet, asks, “Don’t saints and pilgrims have lips, too?” She gets the metaphors he’s using.
Juliet = ___________ and Romeo = ___________ ___________
Summary: Romeo, not to be argued out of kissing Juliet, asks, “Don’t saints and pilgrims have lips, too?” She gets the metaphors he’s using.
Juliet = ___________ and Romeo = ___________ ___________
Romeo: Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too? 101Juliet: Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer. 102
Summary: If Juliet is what Romeo says she is above, then she can’t just start kissing him in public, after knowing him for only a minute. Plus, isn’t her mother probably watching her from across the room to see if she and Paris are flirting? So Juliet responds, “Yes, they have lips, but those lips are meant for PRAYER, rather than smooching.” But don’t think she’s too mad at Romeo…
Summary: If Juliet is what Romeo says she is above, then she can’t just start kissing him in public, after knowing him for only a minute. Plus, isn’t her mother probably watching her from across the room to see if she and Paris are flirting? So Juliet responds, “Yes, they have lips, but those lips are meant for PRAYER, rather than smooching.” But don’t think she’s too mad at Romeo…
Romeo: Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too? 101Juliet: Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer. 102
Summary: Romeo isn’t discouraged. He just told us a few minutes ago, when he was talking to himself, that he’s never seen true beauty until he saw Juliet this night. If lips are meant for prayer, he argues, then let lips pray the same way that hands pray—in other words, let their two sets of lips come together in a kiss. To drive home his point, Romeo pretends to pray to Juliet, as if she were a saint, saying that if she doesn’t let lips pray, they lose their faith—their belief in God—and then they become depressed.
What word does Romeo use in line 104 for depression? ___________
Summary: Romeo isn’t discouraged. He just told us a few minutes ago, when he was talking to himself, that he’s never seen true beauty until he saw Juliet this night. If lips are meant for prayer, he argues, then let lips pray the same way that hands pray—in other words, let their two sets of lips come together in a kiss. To drive home his point, Romeo pretends to pray to Juliet, as if she were a saint, saying that if she doesn’t let lips pray, they lose their faith—their belief in God—and then they become depressed.
What word does Romeo use in line 104 for depression? ___________
Romeo: O, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do 103They pray, grant thou, lest faith turn to despair. 104
Summary: Juliet still hasn’t given in to Romeo, not quite. She says, “Sorry, saints don’t move, even when they do grant prayers.” Shakespeare is punning:
1: Move (verb) to start something. Saints don’t move—it’s the pilgrim who has to come to them.
2: Move (verb) to physically move. Remember, the saints are usually statues of dead people—saints don’t “move” because they’re made from wood or stone.
Summary: Juliet still hasn’t given in to Romeo, not quite. She says, “Sorry, saints don’t move, even when they do grant prayers.” Shakespeare is punning:
1: Move (verb) to start something. Saints don’t move—it’s the pilgrim who has to come to them.
2: Move (verb) to physically move. Remember, the saints are usually statues of dead people—saints don’t “move” because they’re made from wood or stone.
Juliet: Saints do not move, though grant for prayers' 105sake.
Summary: But look at the second half of her sentence. She gives Romeo an opening! She says they “grant for prayers’ sake.” In other words, saints give pilgrims what they are requesting in their prayers. So if Romeo is praying at this holy saint’s shrine (Juliet), maybe this saint might just grant his prayer.
Summary: But look at the second half of her sentence. She gives Romeo an opening! She says they “grant for prayers’ sake.” In other words, saints give pilgrims what they are requesting in their prayers. So if Romeo is praying at this holy saint’s shrine (Juliet), maybe this saint might just grant his prayer.
Juliet: Saints do not move, though grant for prayers' 105sake.
Summary: Romeo knows how to play on words; he uses definition number 2 of “move.” He moves in for a kiss after he asks her to stand still. And then he kisses her!
Summary: Romeo knows how to play on words; he uses definition number 2 of “move.” He moves in for a kiss after he asks her to stand still. And then he kisses her!
Romeo: Then move not, while my prayer's effect I 106take.
(Adapted from http://web1.caryacademy.org/facultywebs/delia_decourcy/8thgradeEnglish/RomeoandJuliet/The%20Love%20Sonnet%20Dissected.notes.doc)
The Love SonnetThe Love SonnetRomeo If I profane with my unworthiest hand
This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this:My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready standTo smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss
Juliet Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too muchWhich mannerly devotion shows in this;For saints have hands that pilgrims’ hands do touchAnd palm to palm is holy palmer’s 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.
Romeo If I profane with my unworthiest handThis holy shrine, the gentle sin is this:My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready standTo smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss
Juliet Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too muchWhich mannerly devotion shows in this;For saints have hands that pilgrims’ hands do touchAnd palm to palm is holy palmer’s 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.
Adapted from:
http://web1.caryacademy.org/facultywebs/delia_decourcy/8thgradeEnglish/RomeoandJuliet/The%20Love%20Sonnet%20Dissected.notes.doc
Adapted from:
http://web1.caryacademy.org/facultywebs/delia_decourcy/8thgradeEnglish/RomeoandJuliet/The%20Love%20Sonnet%20Dissected.notes.doc
