Why entertain the other?: 'Why, my son, be captivated by an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another man's wife?' The direct questions return to the moment of temptation. The rhetorical form ('why would you do this?') is meant to awaken the young man to the absurdity of his temptation. He has a wife who offers legitimate joy and satisfaction; why would he risk everything for illicit involvement? The questions are not meant as judgment but as wake-up calls designed to help the young man see clearly in the moment when desire clouds judgment.

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