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Question 3 • 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 mood is created by the oxymoron and paradox in this excerpt?

Answer
A
hopefulness
B
excitement
C
seriousness
D
chaos

Explanation

The oxymoron “violent delights” and the paradox that something too swift can be as bad as something too slow create a warning, thoughtful mood. Friar Laurence cautions that intense pleasure can end destructively, comparing it to fire and gunpowder that consume one another. This gives the passage a serious tone rather than one of excitement or hopefulness.

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