Read the excerpt from act iv, scene i of romeo and juliet.
friar laurence: on thursday, sir? the time is very short.
paris: my father capulet will have it so;
and i am nothing slow to slack his haste.
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friar laurence: you say you do not know the lady’s mind:
uneven is the course, i like it not.
paris: immoderately she weeps for tybalt’s death,
and therefore have i little talk’d of love;
for venus smiles not in a house of tears.
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why does paris’s request create dramatic irony in this scene?