Question

Read the excerpt from Act II, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. It keeps the audience engaged in the plot by suggesting more potential conflict in the story.
2. It explains to the reader why Romeo and Juliet will never find the happiness they seek together.
3. It provides a clue that something tragic will happen to the lovers later as the story progresses.

Explanation:

1. "violent ends" - suggests of death and fighting
2. "love moderately; long love doth so" - Romeo and Juliet's love is passionate and Friar Lawrence is saying that passionate love ends quickly
3. "in their triumph die" - in the triumph of their love, and their plan to escape, Romeo and Juliet die

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