Question

Read Capulet’s lines from Act IV, Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet, regarding Juliet's apparent death:

Death lies on her like an untimely frost
Upon the sweetest flower of all the field.

How does this example of dramatic irony create tension?

Readers know that Juliet is actually sleeping.
Readers know that Capulet causes Juliet’s death.
Readers know that Juliet has been dead for hours.
Readers know that Capulet is grieving over Juliet’s death.

Answer 1

The answer is:

Readers know that Juliet is actually sleeping.

Dramatic Irnoy happens when the audience can see somthing that the characters in play do not know, in this case Capulet doesn´t know that Juliet is actually sleeping.