In William Shakespeare's excerpt from "Romeo and Juliet," Shakespeare forms a connection between both religious love and romantic love by using duality in his work. Duality is when the words mean one thing and the image formed in our minds by the reading mean another.
             In the first three lines , Romeo states that "If I profane with my unworthiest hand, This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this; My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand," in each of these lines there is a single reference to something of religious value: profane (line 1) Marked by contempt or irreverence for what is sacred; holy and shrine are two words strung together, each meaning is as follows, holy (line 2) sacred, and shrine (line 2) an item or container which is considered sacred by a person; and finally pilgrims (line 3) who is a religious person who journeys to a place considered sacred. The way it is meant to mean to us by Shakespeare is that Romeo has touched Juliet's hand with his, and that he would like to make up for it by kissing her hand. Where do the words come in we ask? Well Romeo is referring to her hand as holy shrine, and that his lips are pilgrims to make a journey to her "shrine."
             Religion is a very important in many peoples daily lives, in using it to express love, Shakespeare showed that both religious love and romantic love
             I believe Shakespeare did this because at that time, religion was a major part of everyday life. In doing this Shakespeare showed the importance for both love of religion and romantic love had on him and his work.
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