It was to give the audience pre-existing knowledge about the play that would help with the understanding of the play and its conflicts and often it foreshadows something that is going to happen... for example the begging of Romeo and Juliet when the chorus tells us that there is a feud between the two families and how it was a tragedy of star crossed lovers.
I'd say it's definitely D
<span>Verbal irony is the use of words to mean something different from what a person actually says. Verbal irony is used here because the man gave her a tip that was not generous but she replied that it was. Hence what she said meant the opposite of what she meant. The above is an example of verbal irony.</span>
C it makes the most sense
