Question

Which plot event lets the audience know that there can be no happy outcome to the story and propels the plot toward a tragic resolution? A. Mercutio's death B. Friar Laurence's advice to Juliet after Romeo's banishment C. Juliet's refusal to marry Paris D. Romeo and Juliet's secret marriage

Answer 1

I would say B, since his advice was for her to fake her own death, and no good can come of that. But really the entire play was just Shakespeare making fun of the high upper class, so you could tell from the beginning that it was not going to end happily ever after.