Nikodemus_Blackwood
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That moment in your day when your trying to explain what Shakespear's character Friar Lawrence meant in his quote "These violet delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder.
Which, as they kiss, consume." and so you google an explanation, and people are arguing with others saying that quote isn't from shakespear, it's from a Twilight book...- Show previous comments 3 more
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Uuuuhhhh.... Not quite.
It means to not throw around your love and emotions and body in the pursuits of the flesh and such when the end result is always bad for one or both parties. In the instance of the Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence knew that both families were at war and would kill one another, and that for Romeo and Juliet to love one another, marry, and consummate their relationship would end tragically as they would be stopped or murdered by the others family, but was basically a foretelling of the suicide of Romeo and Juliet.
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I was kidding but I was able to argue with a teacher that it was a possibility since of the times Shakespeare was in considering most the audience at this time was drunk peasants that just placed bets on a bear fight before the show.
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It can apply to that ideal, yes.