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