Read Capulet’s speech from Act IV, Scene 2, as he plans for the wedding: Tush, I will stir about, And all things shall be well, I warrant thee, wife: Go thou to Juliet, help to deck up her; I’ll not to bed to-night; --let me alone; I’ll play the housewife for this once. --What, Ho! -- They are all forth: well, I will walk myself To County Paris, to prepare him up Against to-morrow: my heart is wondrous light Since this same wayward girl is so reclaim’d. How does this example of dramatic irony create tension? (1 point) Responses

Question

Read Capulet’s speech from Act IV, Scene 2, as he plans for the wedding: Tush, I will stir about, And all things shall be well, I warrant thee, wife: Go thou to Juliet, help to deck up her; I’ll not to bed to-night; --let me alone; I’ll play the housewife for this once. --What, Ho! -- They are all forth: well, I will walk myself To County Paris, to prepare him up Against to-morrow: my heart is wondrous light Since this same wayward girl is so reclaim’d. How does this example of dramatic irony create tension? (1 point) Responses

Readers know that Juliet will obey her father's wishes.
Readers know that Juliet has no plans to marry Paris.
Readers know that Capulet looks forward to his daughter’s marriage to Paris.
Readers know that Capulet plans to continue the Capulet-Montague feud.

Answer 1

Readers know that Juliet has no plans to marry Paris. This knowledge creates tension as Capulet is making all these plans and preparations for the wedding, unaware that Juliet is actually plotting a way to avoid the marriage altogether. This dramatic irony sets the stage for the conflict that will unfold as Juliet's secret plan is revealed.