Read the excerpt from Annus Mirabilis by John Dryden and complete the sentence that follows.O God, said he, thou patron of my days,
Guide of my youth in exile and distress!
Who me, unfriended, brought'st by wondrous ways,
The kingdom of my fathers to possess:

Be thou my judge, with what unwearied care
Since have labour'd for my people's good;
To bind the bruises of a civil war,
And stop the issues of their wasting blood.

Thou who hast taught me to forgive the ill,
And recompense, as friends, the good misled;
If mercy be a precept of thy will,
Return that mercy on thy servant's head.

Or if my heedless youth has stepp'd astray,
Too soon forgetful of thy gracious hand;
On me alone thy just displeasure lay,
But take thy judgments from this mourning land.

In the above lines, the [king, poet, common man, soilder] is praying to God to bring an end to the [widespread plague, raging fire, ongoing war, poverty] .

Answer and Explanation:

Dramatic irony is a technique used by authors in which the audience knows something that the characters do not. In Act 3, Scene 1 of "Romeo and Juliet", Tybalt, who belongs to Juliet's family, wants to duel with Romeo. What Tybalt does not know is that Romeo has married Juliet in secret. Romeo tells Tybalt he will not fight with him because he has reason to love him now - in other words, they are family now. This is the dramatic irony in the scene, for Tybalt does not understand what Romeo means by these words.

Final answer:

The dramatic irony lies in Romeo's newfound kinship with Tybalt through his secret marriage to Juliet, which prompts him to forgive Tybalt's insult and refuse the duel, emphasizing the theme of love and the repercussions of feuds.

Explanation:

The dramatic irony in Act 3, Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet is that Romeo, recently secretly married to Juliet, now considers Tybalt as his family. However, Tybalt, unaware of this relationship, challenges Romeo to a duel out of family rivalry. Romeo, motivated by his newfound kinship, forgives Tybalt's insult and refuses the challenge, aiming to prevent further bloodshed between their families. This situation emphasizes the recurring theme of love going against traditional expectations and the consequences of long-standing feuds, which is a signature motif in William Shakespeare's tragedies.

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‘Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone,’ he told me, ‘just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.’”

—Nick Carraway, The Great Gatsby

F is for F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of Gatsby and master of human insight wrapped in poetry. His novel begins here, his narrator Nick Carraway, grappling with his father’s caution of criticism—

“All the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”

In short, people judge, and Nick tries to refrain because his father said so. I think about Nick’s words and my life. I remember how often my mother would stop herself mid-criticism and say, “I’m not going to say that. It wasn’t very nice.” Then Philippians 4:8 comes to mind about thinking on excellent, praiseworthy things.

Speaking of excellence and praise, what about this one for its sheer lyricism? “It was dawn now on Long Island and we went about opening the rest of the windows downstairs, filling the house with grey turning, gold turning light. The shadow of a tree fell abruptly across the dew and ghostly birds began to sing among the blue leaves. There was a slow pleasant movement in the air, scarcely a wind, promising a cool lovely day.”

Answer:

"What you doing, Nick?"

"I'm a bond man."

"Who with?"

I told him.

"Never heard of them," he remarked decisively.