Question 15 • 191 CR ELA 9
Dramatic irony occurs when the audience knows something a character does not. Romeo believes Juliet is dead and takes poison, but the audience knows she is alive and only appears dead because of the potion. That makes B, “Romeo thought Juliet was dead when he poisoned himself, but the audience knew she was alive,” the example of dramatic irony.
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