Themes and Resolution in Romeo and Juliet, Part 8 — Unit test

Question 4 • GA-Literature and Composition I

Which is an example of dramatic irony in Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet?

Answer

Romeo thought Juliet was dead when he poisoned himself, but the audience knew she was alive.

Balthasar agreed to deliver Romeo’s letter, and the audience knew the contents of the letter.

Juliet knew Romeo was dead when she awakened, and the audience knew that she was correct.

Friar Laurence thought his plan would help Romeo and Juliet, but the audience knew he had evil intentions.

Explanation

Dramatic irony occurs when the audience knows something a character does not. In Act V, scene iii, Romeo believes Juliet is dead and drinks poison, but the audience knows she is only in a deathlike sleep and will soon awaken. This makes choice A the example of dramatic irony. The audience does not know the contents of Romeo’s letter in choice B, and Friar Laurence is not acting with evil intentions in choice D.

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