Friar laurence, despite being an official for the roman catholic church, speaks in philosophical terms and avoids referencing the bible. what is the most likely explanation of why? a) religious matters were not to be discussed in plays during the elizabethan age. b) like most layman of the age, shakespeare most likely had little-to-no knowledge of the bible. c) friars were known for avoiding direct references to biblical events for fear of misinterpreting them. d) church services were conducted exclusively in latin and shakespeare had a limited education.

In order really to hate white people, one has to blot so much out of the mind — and the heart — that this hatred itself becomes an exhausting and self-destructive pose. but this does not mean, on the other hand, that love comes easily: the white world is too powerful, too complacent, too ready with gratuitous humiliation, and, above all, too ignorant and too innocent for that.which sentence best explains how the use of parallelism in the excerpt supports baldwin's purpose? a. it proves baldwin's central idea by highlighting the obvious.b. it emphasizes the problems that prevent one from loving the white world.c. it explains why the white world is unable to replace hate with love.d. it enumerates the many ways of dealing with the white world.