After the nurse discovers Juliet in bed on the day of the wedding, Capulet delivers a speech that ends with these lines: “Death lies on her like an untimely frost / Upon the sweetest flower of all the field.” What makes this speech an example of dramatic irony?
A. Juliet is actually sleeping.
B. Juliet has been dead for hours.
C. Capulet causes Juliet's death.
D. Juliet will die sooner than Capulet knows.

Question

After the nurse discovers Juliet in bed on the day of the wedding, Capulet delivers a speech that ends with these lines: “Death lies on her like an untimely frost / Upon the sweetest flower of all the field.” What makes this speech an example of dramatic irony?
	A. Juliet is actually sleeping. 	
	B. Juliet has been dead for hours. 	
	C. Capulet causes Juliet's death. 	
	D. Juliet will die sooner than Capulet knows.