Read the dialogue between the two main characters in Act I, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.


Romeo: [To JULIET.] If I profane with my unworthiest hand

This holy shrine, the gentle sin 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.




Based upon this dialogue, Romeo is



heartbroken over Rosaline.


feeling shy around a Capulet.


impulsive and affectionate.


reserved and introspective