Question

read the excerpts from ovids pyramus and thisbe and shakespeares romeo and juliet. \pyramus and thisbe\ they had no confidant—and so used signs with these each lover read the others mind when covered, fire acquires still more force. romeo and juliet romeo. … it is enough i may but call her mine friar lawrence: 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 statement best describes the difference between these excerpts? ○ only ovid suggests that romantic relationships encounter obstacles or objections. ○ only ovid shows his male character searching for a more suitable companion. ○ only shakespeare reveals a character’s doubts about his beloved ○ only shakespeare shows a character warning against a doomed relationship

Explanation:

1. For the first option: Both excerpts imply relationship obstacles (Pyramus/Thisbe lack a confidant, Romeo/Juliet face tension noted by Friar Lawrence), so this is incorrect.
2. For the second option: Neither text shows a male character seeking a more suitable companion, so this is incorrect.
3. For the third option: Neither excerpt expresses a character's doubts about their beloved, so this is incorrect.
4. For the fourth option: Only in Romeo and Juliet does Friar Lawrence warn Romeo that intense, hasty love ("violent delights") has violent, doomed ends, which does not occur in the Ovid excerpt.

Answer:

Only Shakespeare shows a character warning against a doomed relationship