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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?

excitement
chaos
hopefulness
seriousness

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Answer:

d) seriousness

Step-by-step explanation:

Whether oxymorons are considered paradoxes or not, not all paradoxes are oxymorons. Literary and intellectual paradoxes reflect the impossible. Literary paradoxes might be logical or literary.

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