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Question 4 • Language Arts 9

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?

Answer
A
True love causes one to lose the ability to reason.
B
Loving with restraint is the key to long-lasting love.
C
Only love has the ability to overcome obstacles.
D
Nothing good ever comes from truly loving another.
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