Question

Read the expert from act two of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet which line is conveyed the reason fair Lawrence is going to help Romeo and Juliet get married in secret

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The sun not thy sighs from heaven clears,
Thy old groans ring yet in my ancient ears;

and art thou changed? Pronounce the sentence then,
Women may fall when there's no strength in men.

FRIAR LAURENCE: not in a grave,
To lay one in, another out to have.

For this alliance me so happy prove, to turn your households' rancour to pure love

Answer 1

He questions Romeo about this, but Romeo convinces the friar that he and Julietare truly in love, so the friar agrees to marry them. Friar Laurence agrees to marrythe two young lovers, because he believes that it will cause an end to the grudge between the two families.

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For this alliance may so happy prove,

To turn your households' rancour to pure love.