Question

Read the excerpt from Act II, scene v 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

B, to emphasize a point about love

Step-by-step explanation:

Pretty much what he is saying is that love is sweet, but too much of it can make you sick to your stomach, so love in moderation. Do not love to fastly and do not love to slowly. He is warning them that even though their love may seem so perfect now, will most likely have a painful ending