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Which line in this excerpt from act IV of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet best reveals the dramatic irony of the scene?

NURSE: Mistress! what, mistress! Juliet! fast, I warrant her, she: 
Why, lamb! why, lady! fie, you slug-a-bed! 
Why, love, I say! madam! sweet-heart! why, bride! 
What, not a word? you take your pennyworths now; 
Sleep for a week; for the next night, I warrant, 
The County Paris hath set up his rest, 
That you shall rest but little. God forgive me, 
Marry, and amen, how sound is she asleep!
I must needs wake her. Madam, madam, madam! 
Ay, let the county take you in your bed; 
He'll fright you up, i' faith. Will it not be?
(Undraws the curtains)
What, dress'd! and in your clothes! and down again!

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Which line in this excerpt from act IV of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet best reveals the dramatic irony of the scene?

As I have done this before I will simply answer your question.

The answer is:
Alas, alas! Help, help! my lady's dead!

Of course this shows irony because Juliet is not literally dead.

Hope I helped!
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