Question

Read the excerpt from Act I, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo: A fair assembly: whither should they come? Servant: Up. Romeo: Whither? Servant: To supper; to our house. 65 Romeo: Whose house? Servant: My master’s. Romeo: Indeed, I should have asked you that before. Servant: Now I’ll tell you without asking. My master is the great rich Capulet; and if you be not of the house of Montagues, I pray, come and crush a cup of wine. Rest you merry! [Exit.] In this excerpt, the servant is a comic figure because

Answer 1

as Romeo and Juliet's families are enemies, as explained by the narrator in the first scene, the servant, who works for the Capulets, should know that Romeo is a Montague; However, he does not and this causes some comic relief to the audience 

Answer 2

The options for this question are:

A) he unknowingly invites his master’s enemies to join the feast.

B) he accidentally offers secret information about Capulet’s wealth.

C) he mistakenly reveals to the Montagues where the Capulets live.

D) he carelessly offends his master’s guests with his questions.

Answer: A) he unknowingly invites his master’s enemies to join the feast.

Explanation: in the given excerpt from "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, we can see a conversation between Romeo and a servant from the house of Capulets, in this excerpt the servant is a comic figure because he invites Romeo to join the feast of the Capulets, without knowing that Romeo belongs to the Montagues (the Capulets' greatest enemies), so the correct answer is option A.