This is true. He believed that the novels written at that time were poorly written and decided to help create the American Novel based on American mythology.
It means to "stay in a place longer than necessary, typically because of a reluctance to leave"
or
"spend a long time over (something), be slow to disappear or die"
Dramatic irony is when the reader or audience knows something the characters do not. The main element of dramatic irony throughout the play is that we know that Romeo and Juliet are doomed, while of course the characters do not. Due to this, we already know that the two will fall in love.
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Hence 'A,B,C,D, (etc.)'.