Suspense in Romeo and Juliet, Part 7

Question 1

Read the passage, and then complete the statements.

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✔ preparing for the wedding; In this scene, Capulet is .: preparing for the wedding; This scene is an example of dramatic irony because the audience knows that .: there will be no wedding; The dramatic irony in this scene creates suspense because the audience feels tense about what will happen when .: Juliet appears to be dead

Question 2

Read the passage, and then complete the statements.

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In this scene, Capulet is .: preparing for the wedding; This scene is an example of dramatic irony because the audience knows that .: there will be no wedding; The dramatic irony in this scene creates suspense because the audience feels tense about what will happen when .: Juliet appears to be dead

Question 3

the cooks poisoned the foodthe nurse will get very sick✔ there will be no wedding

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✔ there will be no wedding

Question 4

the nurse runs away✔ Juliet appears to be deadParis eats at the feast

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✔ Juliet appears to be dead

Question 5

Which are examples of dramatic irony from Romeo and Juliet? Check all that apply.Juliet’s mother thinks that Juliet is preparing for her wedding to Paris, but Juliet actually plans to drink the sleeping potion that night.Juliet thinks about what will happen to her if the sleeping potion does not work.Juliet’s father arranges for her to marry Paris, but Juliet has already secretly married Romeo.Tybalt starts a fight with Romeo, but he and Romeo are actually kin now that Romeo and Juliet have secretly married.Peter, the Capulets’ servant, engages in wordplay while arguing with the musicians.

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Juliet’s mother thinks that Juliet is preparing for her wedding to Paris, but Juliet actually plans to drink the sleeping potion that night.; Juliet’s father arranges for her to marry Paris, but Juliet has already secretly married Romeo.; Tybalt starts a fight with Romeo, but he and Romeo are actually kin now that Romeo and Juliet have secretly married.

Question 6

Why is this a moment of dramatic irony?

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The audience knows that Juliet is not really dead, but the nurse does not.

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