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Read the lines from Act I, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.
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.
Shakespeare uses the structure of these lines to develop
Juliet’s character as she acts shy with Romeo.
Juliet’s character as she describes her religion.
Romeo’s character as he encourages Juliet to pray.
Romeo’s character as he persuades Juliet to kiss him.
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Romeo’s character as he persuades Juliet to kiss him.
Shakespeare structures the exchange as a rapid conceit (pilgrim/saint) and wordplay on “pray” and “faith.” Romeo opens with a rhetorical question, Juliet answers shyly, and he turns the religious language into a persuasive imperative—“let lips do what hands do…pray, grant thou”—using puns and a conditional plea to cajole her into a kiss.
Shakespeare structures the exchange as a rapid conceit (pilgrim/saint) and wordplay on “pray” and “faith.” Romeo opens with a rhetorical question, Juliet answers shyly, and he turns the religious language into a persuasive imperative—“let lips do what hands do…pray, grant thou”—using puns and a conditional plea to cajole her into a kiss.
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