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.
Which is an example of a paradox within the excerpt?
Answer:
the sweetest honey / Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
Explanation:
A paradox is a statement that at first sounds contradictory but a closer look shows that it is true.
Therefore, the excerpt from Act II, scene v of Romeo and Juliet, there is a monologue from Friar Laurence and the paradox there is "the sweetest honey / Is loathsome in his own deliciousness*.
