Question

Capulet: Good faith! ’tis day: The county will be here with music straight, For so he said he would. [Music within.] I hear him near. Nurse! Wife! what, ! What, nurse, I say! 30

Re-enter Nurse. Go waken Juliet, go and trim her up; I’ll go and chat with Paris. Hie, make haste, Make haste; the bridegroom he is come already: Make haste, I say. 35

This scene is an example of dramatic irony used to create suspense since the audience knows that
~ the musicians will not arrive on time.
~ Capulet approves of the match to Paris.
~ Romeo is already married to Juliet.
~ the nurse will be unable to rouse Juliet.

Answer 1

Romeo is already married to Juliet This is the correct answer.

Juliet's father has organised Juliet's wedding. Capulet has arranged Juliet's marriage to Paris but she is already married to Romeo. Friar Lawrence married them in secret. Juliet cannot wake up because she has drunk the potion the Friar gave her. The idea is that she looks dead . In this way, she will not marry Paris and will be able to get reunited with Romeo.

These options are not right:

.The musicians will not arrive on time ( The focus is not put on the musicians. )

-Capulet approves of the match to Paris. ( This is true but it does not create any suspense)

-the nurse will be unable to rouse Juliet ( This is what will happen but it is a consequence of the secret marriage).

Answer 2

Answer: the nurse will be unable to rouse Juliet.

In this scene, we see that Capulet is discussing the final details for the wedding between Juliet and Paris. However, we also know that Juliet is planning to escape with Romeo, and for that purpose, she has taken a potion that will make her appear dead. The nurse will be unable to wake her up. This is an example of dramatic irony because the reader knows something that the characters do not know, and this makes their reality different from what they expect.