Question

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

describe what it feels like to love.
emphasize a point about love.
provide the definition of love.
entertain using visions of love.

Answer 1

B

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Option B, emphasize a point about love

Step-by-step explanation:

In the given lines the author is trying to warn Romeo that if the intensity of love between them is violent, then such violent drift also lead to violent ends. Such extreme emotions about the kind of pleasure often end to disaster. The author further adds that even the taste of honey gets sickly even when it is sweet and hence it is essential for him to go right off it. Hence it is essential to love moderately

Hence, option B is correct