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HELP ASAP…..What does scourge mean as it is used in the following

lines from Act V, Scene 3 of Romeo and Juliet?
Prince: This letter doth make good the friar's
words,
Their course of love, the tidings of her death:
And here he writes that he did buy a poison
Of a poor 'pothecary, and therewithal
Came to this vault to die, and lie with Juliet.--
Where be these enemies?--Capulet,--
Montague,--
See what a scourge is laid upon your hate,
That Heaven finds means to kill your joys with
love!


A. inconvenience

B. power

C. punishment

D. Result

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Answer:

C punishment

Step-by-step explanation:

See what a punishment is laid upon....

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