Read the excerpt from act iii, scene i of romeo and juliet.
tybalt: boy, this shall not excuse the injuries 40
that thou hast done me; therefore turn and draw
romeo: i do protest i never injur'd thee,
but love thee better than thou canst devise,
till thou shalt know the reason of my love:
and so, good capulet, which name i tender 45
as dearly as my own, be satisfied.
why is this an example of dramatic irony?
a. because tybalt is usually a peace-loving character
b. because romeo does not really feel kindness toward tybalt
c. because tybalt is unaware that romeo has married a capulet
d. because the audience is relieved to know that a dual will not occur

Which lines in this excerpt from act ii of william shakespeare’s romeo and juliet reveal that mercutio thinks romeo would be better off if he stopped thinking about love? mercutio: i will bite thee by the ear for that jest. romeo: nay, good goose, bite not. mercutio: thy wit is a very bitter sweeting it is a most sharp sauce. romeo: and is it not well served in to a sweet goose? mercutio: o here's a wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad! romeo: i stretch it out for that word 'broad; ' which added to the goose, proves thee far and wide a broad goose. mercutio: why, is not this better now than groaning for love? now art thou sociable, now art thou romeo; now art thou what thou art, by art as well as by nature: for this drivelling love is like a great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole. benvolio: stop there, stop there. mercutio: thou desirest me to stop in my tale against the hair. benvolio: thou wouldst else have made thy tale large. mercutio: o, thou art deceived; i would have made it short: for i was come to the whole depth of my tale; and meant, indeed, to occupy the argument no longer.

I’ve given a lot of thought to what one of them should be, and the answer seems clear.

The reader can conclude that the passage is part of an epic poem because rama