Romeo & Juliet – Capulet’s ball

LO: To understand the thoughts and feelings of Romeo and Juliet during their first conversation

01/05/2023

What does the word ‘religion’ make you think of?

Religion

Label yourself A or B

• A’s will look at Romeo’s lines• B’s will look at Juliet’s lines

Read the shared speech

Highlight/Annotate the following:A. Words that remind you of religionB. Words that mention body partsC. Any repetition you can find

Challenge – Think about the form of the shared speech. Rhyme scheme? What is it called?

ROMEO: If I profane with my unworthiest 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.

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.

Think about the meaning of the shared sonnet

ROMEO: If I profane with my unworthiest 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.

The religious language makes the meeting seem a sacred, holy moment and adds to the sense that Romeo perceives Juliet as a goddess/ angel/ saint

Repetition creates sense of togetherness/ unity as the couple come together

Romantic, affectionate language

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.

Religious language plays on Romeo’s name to imply he has travelled a long way to reach his destination/ shrine - Juliet

Romantic, physical language

JULIET:

Saints do not move, though grant for prayers' sake.

ROMEO:

Then move not, while my prayer's effect I take.

Religious language

Rhyming couplets build up to a moment of climax, which is the kiss.

Scene – Romeo and Juliet meet

• When watching the scene, write down how Romeo and Juliet must be feeling

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yClVlc_niac

Task

•Write the start of a diary entry reminiscing the first time you saw Romeo/Juliet• If you were A’s, you will be writing as Romeo• If you were B’s, you will be writing as Juliet

It must include…

2 – 3 quotes that Shakespeare has used Write about your thoughts and feelings towards either Romeo or Juliet

Context of the situation Challenge – can you think of other religious terminology that you could compare to either Romeo or Juliet

Plenary

• On your post-it note, write down the quote you find most powerful and WHY