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In Romeo and Juliet, the fact that Paris believes he is going to marry Juliet while the audience knows Juliet is already married to Romeo is an example of:

A. Foreshadowing
B. Dramatic Irony
C. Hyperbole
D. Personification​

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Answer:

B. Dramatic Irony.

Step-by-step explanation:

The definition of irony, "A literary technique originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character."

that's what's going on in the story.

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dramatic irony, since the audience knows something the character doesn’t.
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