Question
select the correct text in the passage.
which lines in this excerpt from shakespeare's romeo and juliet best develop the theme of fate?
juliet: go ask his name: if he be married.
my grave is like to be my wedding bed.
nurse: his name is romeo, and a montague;
the only son of your great enemy
juliet: my only love sprung from my only hate!
too early seen unknown, and known too latel
prodigious birth of love it is to me,
that i must love a loathed enemy.
nurse: what's this? what's this?
juliet: a rhyme i learn'd even now
of one i danced withal
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Directions: in 2 - 3 paragraphs respond to mack's idea about the "interplay of life and literature" in lines 92 - 100 in " why read shakespeare". 1. explain what it means to say that finding meaning in shakespeare "is a sort of proving ground for finding beauty and meaning in life". provide reasons that support your claim. 2. explain which is more important - that literature teaches readers about life or that understanding life readers understand literature. identify examples from literature you have read. 3. summarize your view of the interplay between literature and your own lives, explaining whether you see a connection or not and why.