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When you see this, quote from Shakespeare in your journal.
Juliet: You kiss by the book.
- Romeo & Juliet, Act I, Scene V.
For all my usual command of Shakespearean dialogue - and I've never had any trouble with the rhythm, the words, or the patterning - I can never quite decide what Juliet means here. It's plain elsewhere that she's impressed with Romeo, but to my ear, this has always sounded a bit insulting. It follows a whole chain of banter about pilgrims' lips and hands, so could be a biblical reference, I suppose.
Any enlightenment, before you take off your heads to recite Shakespearean quotations?
Juliet: You kiss by the book.
- Romeo & Juliet, Act I, Scene V.
For all my usual command of Shakespearean dialogue - and I've never had any trouble with the rhythm, the words, or the patterning - I can never quite decide what Juliet means here. It's plain elsewhere that she's impressed with Romeo, but to my ear, this has always sounded a bit insulting. It follows a whole chain of banter about pilgrims' lips and hands, so could be a biblical reference, I suppose.
Any enlightenment, before you take off your heads to recite Shakespearean quotations?