Act+1+Sc5

Romeo: "Did my heart love till now?"[|Romeo sees Juliet] Capulet welcomes his guests (Lines 20-36). Romeo now sees the fair Juliet. "What lady is that which doth enrich the hand / Of yonder knight?" (Who is the lady that enriches the hand of that knight?) Romeo asks (Line 45). The Servant he asks says he does not know. Romeo is in love: O! she doth teach the torches to burn bright. It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night / Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear; / Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear! So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows, / As yonder lady o'er her fellows shows. The measure done, I'll watch her place of stand, / And, touching hers, make blessed my rude hand. (Lines 48-55) Gazing upon Juliet, Romeo wonders if he has ever truly loved as he does now: "Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight! For I ne'er [never] saw true beauty till this night" (Line 57). Meanwhile Tybalt has noticed Romeo's presence at the party; "This, by his voice, should be a Montague. Fetch me my rapier, boy" (this by his voice, must be a Montague. Fetch me my rapier boy), (Line 58). Capulet however, will not have a fight involving a man (Romeo) who is well respected and considered "well-govern'd" (well-controlled/ self disciplined) at his party (Line 72). Warning Tybalt not to ignore his wishes, Capulet tells Tybalt to bide his time, "be patient, take no note of him [Romeo]: / It is my will; the which if thou [you] respect, / Show a fair presence and put off these frowns, / An ill-beseeming semblance [a bad look] for a feast" (Line 75). Tybalt resists this wish but angrily does as he is told (Lines 78-96).
 * Act I. Scene V. - ** The Same. A Hall in Capulet's House.
 * At the Capulet's party, Romeo disguised by a masque (mask), falls in love with Juliet on sight. Capulet stops Tybalt from attacking Romeo at his party, telling him there will be other opportunities. Both Romeo and Juliet learn that they are each enemies to the other's family... **

[|Romeo and Juliet Meet]
Romeo now before Juliet, makes his introduction: "If I profane with my unworthiest hand / This holy shrine [Juliet], the gentle sin is this; / My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand / To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss" (Line 97). Juliet replies to her humble pilgrim, "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" (Line 101). Continuing this saint and sinning theme, Romeo kisses Juliet (Lines 106-111). Romeo then asks for his sin again so that he might once more kiss his fair Juliet. Juliet tells Romeo that "You kiss by the book" (Line 114). Presently Juliet's nurse tells her charge that her presence is required by her mother. Romeo learns from the Nurse that Juliet is from the Capulet family. "O dear account! my life is my foe's [enemy's] debt" he exclaims (Line 123). Capulet finishes his party. Juliet now asks the identity of her pilgrim from the Nurse (Line 132). The Nurse tells him it is Romeo, "The only son of your great enemy" (the Montagues), (Line 141). Juliet now remarks that "I must love a loathed enemy" (Line 145).