"'On the white wonder of dear Juliet's hand, may seize
And steal immortal blessing from her lips,
Who, even in pure and vestal modesty,
Still blush, as thinking their own kisses sin."'
pg144
Barf. There's one thing I disliked more than science at school, and that was Romeo and Juliet. So, as you can imagine, I am thrilled that Huxley is setting up this analogy between the Savage and Lenina and Romeo and Juliet. The timeless tale of forbidden love. Someone please gag me. Atleast it's humorous. Lenina is deffinitely not a pure or modest at all. The Savage is dellusional. I'm dellusional. I'm chuckling at the fact that Lenina probably doesn't even know what sin is. But in all reality, does anyone truly know (or care) about sinning? Has modesty and purity become a joke?
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