How does shakespeare create tension in this scene? the comic relief of the nurse's entrance is so short-lived that it puts the audience on edge when she exits. romeo's statement that in staying to speak to juliet he is risking his life, leads the audience to worry about his safety. the physical placement of the scene on the balcony makes the lovers' position look dangerous. juliet seems so innocent of the danger that she makes the audience feel the danger on her behalf.

Read the first stanza of wallace stevens's 'the anecdote of the jar' below: i placed a jar in tennessee, and round it was, upon a hill. it made the slovenly wilderness surround that hill. which of these is the best paraphrase of the stanza? o a. when i placed a jar outside in tennessee, it seemed to dominate all of nature. o b. the round jar i put on a hill looked strange amidst the wildness of nature o c. i put a round jar on a hill in tennessee, and the jar made the wilderness surround it. o d. i placed a jar on a round, wilderness-covered hill in tennessee.