Read the excerpt below from Act II, Scene 4 of "Romeo and Juliet" and answer the question. MERCUTIO: "Alas poor Romeo! he is already dead; stabbed with a
white wench's black eye; shot through the ear with a
love-song; the very pin of his heart cleft with the
blind bow-boy's butt-shaft: and is he a man to
encounter Tybalt?"

How are these lines an example of dramatic irony?

A. Mercutio says Romeo is already “dead” because of love.
B. Mercutio believes Romeo would lose in a fight against Tybalt.
C. Mercutio thinks Romeo is not man enough to fight Tybalt.
D. Mercutio is unaware Romeo now loves Juliet.