Examples Of Dramatic Irony In Romeo And Juliet

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Dramatic irony, a situation in which the audience of a play knows something that the character does not know. It is noticed that most drama plays involve some sort of irony. For instance, in the story of “Romeo and Juliet”, Romeo thinks Juliet is dead, but the audience knows that she is still alive. Furthermore, in Shakespeare, it is observed that he uses different literary devices throughout his play. For example, the use of metaphors, hyperboles and so on. The shows significantly affect the audience. Romeo is part of the Montague family. He is a young, intelligent and a very romantic individual. In the beginning of the story “Romeo and Juliet”, Romeo loves Rosaline with all his heart. Unfortunately, she rejects his love. This indeed, tears …show more content…

When she went into Juliet’s bedroom, she gave Juliet the bad news and without mentioning who it was, she told her that someone had passed away. The facial expression of the Nurse’s resembles sadness and fear. Juliet on the contrary thinks that the nurse was talking about Romeo’s death, but in fact, she was talking about the death of her best friend Tybalt’s. Misunderstanding is common for most people on a day-to-day basis. Whether it be face to face talking, texting or calling. It could potentially lead to serious problems if important details are …show more content…

Juliet did the same thing as well. In the story “Romeo and Juliet”, after Juliet was forced to get marry with Paris. She decided to go to Friar Laurence for help, at first Friar Laurence asked her to do what her parents asked her to do, but Juliet use death to negotiate him, she would kill herself right now. So Friar Laurence decided to give her a poison which will make her look death for forty-two hours. Eventually, she took the poison and go to bed, the outcome of the poison was same as what she expected. On the next day, she was found “death” on her

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