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Romeo And Juliet's Dialect

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In Act 1, Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare writes to show the intense chemistry between the two lovers upon their first meeting. Shakespeare develops this attraction through a sonnet. Two of the lines in the verse state, “This holy shrine, the gentle fine in this… Which mannerly devotion shows in this,” which shows how Juliet imitates Romeo’s language. She is only 13 years old, so she uses his dialect as an example of how to speak. Romeo and Juliet express their affection towards each other by relating it to religion. Juliet speaks as if their love is pure, holy and even sacred, “And palm to palm is holy palmers’ kiss” In an attempt kiss Juliet, Romeo responds, “O, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do; They pray, grant
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