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What are some examples of religious imagery in “Romeo and Juliet” by Shakespeare?

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What are some examples of religious imagery in “Romeo and Juliet” by Shakespeare?

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Perhaps the most obvious religious imagery in Romeo and Juliet comes in Act I, Scene 5, when Romeo and Juliet meet at the ball at her home. They start to talk to each other of love, but they do so in very religious terms. This is meant to show that their love for each other is pure and good. When they talk to each other, they talk about saints and prayer and pilgrims and shrines. They are talking about their love, but they are using religious imagery. I’ll put a couple quotes here. For more, look in the book. If I profane with my unworthiest hand This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this: My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand(100) To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss. Or O, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do! They pray; grant thou, lest faith turn to despair.

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