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Themes and Resolution in Romeo and Juliet, Part 8 — Quiz

Question 9 • Literature and Composition I

Romeo and Juliet’s final fate in Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet represents which element of Shakespearean tragedy?

Answer
A
an unlikely resolution
B
an unhappy ending
C
a spiritual awakening
D
an emotional release

Explanation

In a Shakespearean tragedy, the main characters’ downfall and deaths bring the story to an unhappy ending. Romeo and Juliet both die in Act V, scene iii, so their final fate represents an unhappy ending, not a resolution in which their conflict is happily settled.

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