Read the excerpt from Act II, scene vi of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Laurence : These violent delights have violent ends, And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss consume: the sweetest honey Is loathsome in his own deliciousness And in the taste confounds the appetite: Therefore love moderately; long love doth so; Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. What do the oxymoron and paradox in this excerpt illustrate about love?
Read the excerpt from Act II, scene vi of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Laurence : These violent delights have violent ends, And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss consume: the sweetest honey Is loathsome in his own deliciousness And in the taste confounds the appetite: Therefore love moderately; long love doth so; Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. Which is an example of a paradox within the excerpt?
Read the nurse’s words to Juliet from Act II, scene v of Romeo and Juliet. Nurse : Your love says, like an honest gentleman, and a courteous, and a kind, and a handsome, and, I warrant, a virtuous,—Where is your mother? Juliet : Where is my mother! why, she is within; Where should she be? How oddly thou repliest: ‘Your love says, like an honest gentleman, Where is your mother?’ Based on your knowledge of the characters, what does the nurse's question most likely foreshadow?
Read the excerpt from Act II, scene vi of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Laurence: These violent delights have violent ends, And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss consume: the sweetest honey Is loathsome in his own deliciousness And in the taste confounds the appetite: Therefore love moderately; long love doth so; Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. The purpose of the oxymoron and paradox used in this excerpt is to
In Act II, scene v of Romeo and Juliet , the nurse returns to Juliet with news from Romeo. Which emotion motivated the nurse to go on this quest for Juliet in the first place?
Read the excerpt from Act II, scene vi of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Laurence : These violent delights have violent ends, And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss consume: the sweetest honey Is loathsome in his own deliciousness And in the taste confounds the appetite: Therefore love moderately; long love doth so; Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. Which pair of words from the excerpt is an oxymoron?
Read the excerpt from Act II, scene vi of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Laurence : These violent delights have violent ends, And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss consume: the sweetest honey Is loathsome in his own deliciousness And in the taste confounds the appetite: 15 Therefore love moderately; long love doth so; Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. Friar Laurence is motivated to offer this warning because he
Read the excerpt from Act II, scene v of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Laurence : These violent delights have violent ends, And in their triumph die, like fire and powder Which, as they kiss consume: the sweetest honey Is loathsome in his own deliciousness And in the taste confounds the appetite: Therefore love moderately; long love doth so; Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. What effects does the foreshadowing in Friar Laurence’s warning to Romeo have? Choose three correct answers.
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