Question

Read the following exchange between Romeo and Juliet from act I of Romeo and Juliet. What does the excerpt reveal about the love between the two young people? ROMEO: (to JULIET) 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. 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.

Answer 1

The correct answer is A. Their love is based on both physical and emotional attraction.

Explanation:

The excerpt shows a dialogue between Romeo and Julie; in this, their attraction is evident as they both want to kiss and touch each other, this can be seen in details such as "My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss" or "And palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss" that show their physical attraction.

However, there are also references to their emotional attraction as there is a strong emotional connection between them and Romeo compares Julie to a holy shrine "If I profane with my unworthiest hand This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this" which show his strong admiration and love for her. Thus, this excerpt reveals the love between these characters involves emotional and physical attraction (Option A.)