Read the excerpt from Act II, scene vi of Romeo and
Juliet.
Friar Laurence is motivated to offer this
warning because
he
Friar Laurence: These violent delights have violent ends,
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
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knows that something bad will certainly happen to the
Which, as they kiss consume: the sweetest honey
lovers.
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
C feels that Romeo is acting foolishly and should not get
And in the taste confounds the appetite: 15
married.
Therefore love moderately; long love doth so;
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
O enjoys giving advice because he is wise and can help
others.
O wants to caution Romeo about the consequences of
his actions.
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