In Act II, Scene III, of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo visits Friar Lawrence and declares his love for Juliet. He then asks the Friar if he will marry them:
I’ll tell thee as we pass, but this I pray:
That thou consent to marry us today.
The Friar is shocked that Romeo wants to marry Juliet because he claimed to be madly in love with Rosaline, a silent character in the play. In fact, Romeo was quite love-sick and it was the Friar who tried to convince Romeo to let Rosaline go because she did not reciprocate his feelings. The Friar then goes on to scold Romeo because he did not want him to abandon his love for Rosaline only to go on to fall in love with another woman. However, when he realizes that Romeo is serious about Juliet and that she reciprocates his feelings, he agrees to marry them. He also recognizes that this marriage is an opportunity for the two warring families to be reconciled:
For this alliance may so happy prove
To turn your households' rancor to pure love
She was chosen by the committee to lead the parade.
Answer:
He is getting what he always wanted.
Explanation:
This quote means that he exchanges what he does not want for something he does. Blindness means that you are lacking sight. Poverty means you are lacking money. Exchanging one for the other means you are getting out of a position of lack and stepping into abundance. You are gaining what you did not have previously.
In the novel The Hate U Give, Starr and Kenya both have an older brother named Seven. Starr and Kenya only know each other because of their older brother even though both girls have no relation to each other. This is because Seven’s father is Starr’s father, and Seven’s mother is Kenya’s mother which makes them both related to Seven but not directly to one another.
