Question

Complete the line: "If I profane with my unworthiest hand..."

a) "This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this:"
b) "Then my lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand:"
c) "The only precious treasure that I have:"
d) "And smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss:"

Answer 1

The line 'If I profane with my unworthiest hand' from Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' is correctly completed with 'Then my lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand'.

Step-by-step explanation:

The correct completion of the line 'If I profane with my unworthiest hand' from William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is option b) 'Then my lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand'. This line is part of a sonnet that Romeo speaks when he first meets Juliet; it is rich with religious metaphor, comparing the touch of hands to a pilgrim's touch of a holy shrine and leading to the notion that such a touch might require penance through a kiss.