Question

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How is the following selection an example of dramatic irony?
"Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath, / Hath had no power upon thy beauty: / Thou art not conquer'd;
beauty's ensign yet / Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks,"
a. Romeo expects her to look dead but she looks alive.
O b. Romeo is saying she looks alive, but really means she looks like death.
O c. The audience knows she is alive, so Romeo's words about her looking alive are ironic.

Answer 1

The audience knows she is alive, so Romeo's words about her looking alive are ironic.

Step-by-step explanation:

It is dramatic irony because the audience knows what the character doesn't. Audience knew Juliet isn't dead but Romeo doesn't