In Romeo and Juliet, Act II when Friar Lawrence tells Romeo, "these violent delights have violent ends" and advises Romeo to love moderately, what literary device is Shakespeare using? A. Foreshadowing B. Metaphor C. Motif D. Sonnet

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B, C, D don't make any sense. Foreshadowing makes the most sense.

Foreshadowing is giving clues to the reader on what's most likely/or certainly going to happen in the book.

"These violent delights have violent ends"
"Violent ends"

Referring to death, the montagues/capulets have always hated each other & always start brawling with one another. I guess you could say they had a "violently delightful friendship." But most of the characters die in the play/book, so that's what the literary device/quote indicates. It's foreshadowing that there will be more deaths to come in the book.


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