Read the excerpt from Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet . Capulet : O brother Montague! give me thy hand: This is my daughter’s jointure, for no more Can I demand. Montague : But I can give thee more; For I will raise her statue in pure gold; This dialogue represents which element of a Shakespearean tragedy?

The families have just discovered the consequences of the lovers’ deaths, and Capulet and Montague express grief and reconciliation. This moment gives the audience an emotional release, or catharsis, after the tragedy’s intense suffering. It is not the catastrophe itself, which is the disastrous event of Romeo and Juliet’s deaths.

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