Mrs. peters (looking upstairs). we mustn’t—take on. mrs. hale. i might have known she needed ! i know how things can be—for women. i tell you, it’s queer, mrs. peters. we live close together and we live far apart. we all go through the same things—it’s all just a different kind of the same thing. which theme is best reinforced by the excerpt? women could not generally count upon one another for support, advice, or company. women were overwhelmed by the roles they had to play and usually needed extra . women generally felt detached from each other because of the societal roles thrust upon them. women were too busy caring for the men in their lives to spend time with other women.

Read the excerpt from act ii, scene v of romeo and juliet. friar laurence: 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: 15 therefore love moderately; long love doth so; too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. friar laurence is motivated to offer this warning because he knows that something bad will certainly happen to the lovers. feels that romeo is acting foolishly and should not get married. enjoys giving advice because he is wise and can others. wants to caution romeo about the consequences of his actions.