Tybalt then catches sight of Romeo and recognizes him as a Montague. He tells his page to get his sword. Tybalt refers as Romeo as a 'slave' as an insultive term of abuse. Tybalt is angry and makes Romeo out to be making fun/taking advantage of his family. Tybalt said 'Now by the stock and honor of my kin, to strike him dead I hold it not a sin' He is saying that by killing Romeo for gate-crashing his family's party, it would not be a sin because he would be killing him in the honor of his ancestors and his family. Capulet saw that Tybalt was angry and asked him why. Tybalt explained that a Montague, a villain was at the party. Capulet said 'Young Romeo is it?' then tybalt confirmed is referring to Romeo as a villain again. Capulet Told tybalt to 'Let him alone' as Romeo was behaving as a gentleman and it was known that 'Verona brags of him to be a virtuous and well governed (well behaved) youth'. He explained to Tybalt that he would not insult Romeo by telling him to leave and for tybalt to leave Romeo be. Capulet wanted a nice atmosphere at his party and didn't want any trouble caused. Capulet said that if tybalt had respect for him, then he would take note of what he was telling him. Tybalt says 'It fits when such a villain is a guest. I'll not endure him', he is saying that he is not happy that Romeo is welcome and is not willing to put up with him. Capulet tells tybalt that he 'shall be endured' and that tybalt has no choice in the matter. Capulet mocks him saying that he would not look good or grown up by causing trouble. He told Tybalt that it would go against him if he continued to behave in that manner. Tybalt agrees to accept Romeo but makes it clear that he isn’t happy about it and storms off.
Shakespeare has included this conflict in the love scene to remind the audience of the friction between the Capulets and the Montagues. He was just merely pointing out that for Romeo and Juliet to fall in love would be unaccepted by their families.
It is now that Romeo speaks his first words to Juliet. He says 'If I profane with my unworthiest hand, this holy shrine, the gentle sin is this. My lips two blushing pilgrims ready stand, to smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss'. Romeo refers to his lips as pilgrims. Pilgrims travel to holy shrines (Juliet’s hand). He said that even by touching her hand, it could spoil it, so he would put it right by kissing it.
Juliet responded to this by saying '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' She is telling him that he is not doing anything wrong by kissing her hand, this shows by him being a gentleman. She told him that when saints traveled back from the holy land, they carried a palm, so therefore they were called palmers. By touching palms was a holy palmers kiss.
Romeo and Juliet are playing with their words by using metaphors (e.g. Referring to Romeo's lips as pilgrims) Juliet responded to Romeo in a flirty manner.
Romeo continues 'Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too?' he is asking 'Do saints and palmers not use their lips to kiss?' then again, Juliet being the saint and Romeo being the palmer.
Juliet told him 'Ay pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer'. Juliet is teasing him.
Romeo then asked 'O then dear saint, let lips do what hands do. They pray; grant thou, lest faith turn to despair', meaning; as hands come together in prayer, let their lips do the same.
Juliet is still thinking of the statue of the saint at the shrine. She says 'Saints do not move, though grant for prayers' sake.'
Romeo told her 'Then move not, while my prayer's effect I take (He kisses her) Thus from my lips, by thine, my sin is purged.' By kissing her, his sin is cleansed.
Juliet asked, 'Then have my lips the sin that they have took' meaning do her lips carry the sin. Romeo said ' Sin from my lips? O trespass sweetly urged. Give me my sin again.' He is saying... well Let me take my sin back, let me kiss you again.
They kiss as nurse interrupts with a message that Juliet's mother wishes to speak to her. Romeo asks the nurse 'What is her mother?' And learns that Juliet is a Capulet. He quoted 'O dear account, my life is my foe's debt.' He means that his life now depends on his enemy, Juliet being his life. Romeo then leaves.
The guests begin to leave; Benvolio tells Romeo that they must be going. Juliet then sends her nurse to discover Romeo's name. She told her nurse 'If he be married, my grave is like to be my wedding bed', meaning that she'll die unmarried if she can't marry him. She is in shock to learn that he is a Montague, the son of their great enemy. She said 'My only love sprung from my only hate, too early seen unknown, and known too late!' she is saying that she saw Romeo and fell in love with him before she knew who he was. And now that she knows who he is, it is too late for her to change her feelings. Juliet and Nurse, then too leave.
