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Why does Balthasar tell Romeo that Juliet is "well, and nothing can be ill"?

He is scared to tell Romeo the truth.
He knows that Juliet is not really dead.
He means that her soul is resting in heaven.
He does not know the news about Juliet.

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Balthasar tells Romeo that Juliet is “well, and nothing can be ill” because he means that her soul is resting in heaven.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Balthasar breaks the information and kindly tells without much explanation on Juliet’s death. As feeling heart-broken, Romeo kills himself by consuming poison and dying next to Juliet’s body. Juliet wakes up and sees the dead Romeo, only to kill herself using Romeo’s dagger.

While Romeo was fantasizing a dream where he is dead and Juliet revives him back to life through a kiss, Balthasar arrives and conveys the news to him saying that Juliet is dead and she is buried in Capulet, which was actually not true as Juliet was under a sleeping potion.

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