What is the meaning of the oxymoron courageous retreat in this excerpt? the firefighters were stuck.
they had given all they could to prevent the fire from spreading, but they were having little success. and the fire was closing in around them. to avoid possible casualties, the firefighters made a courageous retreat out of harm’s way.
a. because the two words are opposites, together they emphasize the idea that the firefighters are heroes.
b. although the two words are opposites, together they convey the idea that the firefighters’ decision to retreat is justified.
c. although the two words are opposites, together they convey the idea that the firefighters acted selfishly.
d. because the two words are opposites, together they emphasize the idea that the firefighters’ decision to retreat is suspicious.

Which lines in this excerpt from act ii of william shakespeare’s romeo and juliet reveal that mercutio thinks romeo would be better off if he stopped thinking about love? mercutio: i will bite thee by the ear for that jest. romeo: nay, good goose, bite not. mercutio: thy wit is a very bitter sweeting it is a most sharp sauce. romeo: and is it not well served in to a sweet goose? mercutio: o here's a wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad! romeo: i stretch it out for that word 'broad; ' which added to the goose, proves thee far and wide a broad goose. mercutio: why, is not this better now than groaning for love? now art thou sociable, now art thou romeo; now art thou what thou art, by art as well as by nature: for this drivelling love is like a great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole. benvolio: stop there, stop there. mercutio: thou desirest me to stop in my tale against the hair. benvolio: thou wouldst else have made thy tale large. mercutio: o, thou art deceived; i would have made it short: for i was come to the whole depth of my tale; and meant, indeed, to occupy the argument no longer.