Read the following exchange between romeo and jullet from act i of romeo and juliet. what does the excerpt reveal about the love between the
two young people?
romeo: (to juliet) if profane with my unworthlest hand
this holy shrine, the gentle fine 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.
a
their love is based on both physical and emotional attraction.
b.
their love is shallow and based on defying their families.
c
their love is driven by their intellectual needs.
d.
their love is instant and illogical.
reset
next