Please discuss the importance of Friar Lawrence's quote in II.VI of Romeo and Juliet. And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which, as they...

I think we need to see
this important speech fromas a caution to . Note how Friar Lawrence has seen Romeo overwhelmed
by his sudden love for . He has cast aside his romance with Rosaline and now speaks using
intense language to describe his affections for Juliet. Note what Romeo says immediately before
this speech:

Do thou but close our hands with holy
words,

Then love-devouring death do what he dare--

It is
enough I may but call her mine.

Of course, there isin
this speech, as "love-devouring death" does do what he "dares," and Romeo
finds it is not enough to just be able to call Juliet his. Thus it is that the Friar begins by
cautioning that "violent delights have violent ends." There is a sense in which Friar
Lawrence foreshadows the ending of Romeo's relationship with Juliet. He tries to counsel Romeo
to not be in so much of a hurry and to "love moderately" because love that lasts a
long time does this; it does not consume itself as fire or power.