Question

Read the excerpt from Act I, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet.

Benvolio: Tut! man, one fire burns out another’s burning,
One pain is lessen’d by another’s anguish;
Turn giddy, and be helped by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another’s languish:






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Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
And the rank poison of the old will die.
According to Benvolio, what will cure Romeo’s heartache?

Romeo’s heartache will be healed by going to the party.
Romeo’s heartache will go away if he meets another girl.
Romeo’s heartache will lessen as he gets older.
Romeo’s heartache will be healed by a potion.

Answer 1

Romeo’s heartache will go away if he meets another girl. Benvolio advises that a new love will cure the old one.