Select the choice which best identifies the given passage from "the cask of amontillado"

"come," i said, with decision, "we will go back; your health is precious. you are rich, respected, admired, beloved; you are happy, as i once was. you are a man to be missed. for me it is no matter. we will go back; you will be ill, and i cannot be responsible. beside, there is luchesi--"

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tragic resolution

irony/sarcasm

the tone of the passage is sympathetic to the forbidden love of romeo and juliet. the nurse plays a significant role in the play. she is responsible for making their meeting again possible. additionally, there is a sense of warning in the choice of words of the nurse. she seems to be authoritative when she calls romeo "scurvy knave", and at the same time the fact that she addresses to him as "sir" reflects respect. the nurse is "vexed", this word describes her confused state of mind. on the one hand, she finds romeo a fine and eloquent man, but on the other, it is thought that man's nature forces men to try to trick women.