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Dramatic Irony In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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Romeo and Juliet: A Literature Analysis

By: Skie Boekemier

Skakespear uses characterization, conflict, and dramatic irony to convey the theme, that love is powerful. Through characterization, it shows how Juliet starts out as someone who knows what she wants, but would only strive for it with her parents consent. She later is transformed with the power of love and has the strength to go for what she wants. With conflict, the theme is developed through strength that love gives the lovers to attempt to avoid things that would conflict with their love. His use of dramatic irony allowed the readers see how love forced Romeo and Juliet into action at the thought of losing their love. This essay will cover how he uses each of these strategies and how they helped to develop the theme.

Shakespear uses characterization in his play. In the beggining of Romeo and Juliet, Juliet says that she will attempt to like the man for her parents, but she is not truly interested in marriage. She states, "I'll look to like, if looking liking move: But no more deep will I endart mine eye. Than your consent gives strength to make it fly." After she falls in love with Romeo, she has the strength to do something that her parents would not allow, being with Romeo who is from …show more content…

Romeo and Juliet's parents are both fueding and would ban their romance would they find out about it. Romeo and Juliet have a love so powerful that they keep their love a secrect. They do this in a attempt to avoid the conflict that would come from their parents finding out. As their parents would likely ban them from marrying eachother. Juliet states, "O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and I'll no longer be a Capulet." This shows that through the power of love, Juliet was willing to defy her parents to be with

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