1. Romeo and Juliet
Act 1.5 – The Masquerade

2. Disguises as a convention

3. Can you believe this is Romeo?

4. What are your thoughts about Love at First Sight?

5. Romeo and Juliet Believe in Love at First Sight

6. Read Aloud 1.5 Pay attention to: Tybalt
Romeo and Juliet’s first encounter

7. Saints and Pilgrim Dance

8. Romeo and Juliet
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. Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too? Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer. O, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do; They pray, grant thou, lest faith turn to despair. Saints do not move, though grant for prayers' sake. Then move not, while my prayer's effect I take.

9. Questions for Romeo and Juliet’s First Meeting
What is a pilgrim? What is a saint?
What is the significance of the religious imagery?
Explain which character is the initiator of this sonnet.
Why would Shakespeare choose to have Romeo and Juliet’s first encounter be a shared sonnet?

10. Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet (1968)

11. Read Aloud Read 2.1

12. Love Connections Sheet

13. Love Connection Sheet
What is the effect of having such a variety of vastly different experiences, feelings and attitudes about love and marriage in one play?
What are some complications that might arise because of these different viewpoints?

14. Homework: Complete Love Connection Sheet
Two paragraphs – answer the above question (OREO format)
Find at least 3 main idea (sentences) for 1.5 and 1 main idea (sentence) for 2.1.