Question

Laertes: Be wary then; best safety lies in fear:
Youth to itself rebels, though none else near.

Ophelia: I shall th’ effect of this good lesson keep,
As watchman to my heart. But, good my brother,
Do not, as some ungracious pastors do,
Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven,
Whiles, like a puff’d and reckless libertine,
Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads,
And recks not his own rede.

With its focus on the worldly theme of proper dating behavior, this excerpt provides an example of

allegorical figures.
Biblical concepts.
Elizabethan drama.
flat characters.

Answer 1

Elizabethan drama — this passage is from Shakespeare's Hamlet (Laertes and Ophelia) and reflects the social/courtship concerns typical of Elizabethan plays.