As Juliet’s “Dead” body is discovered, Lord Capulet exclaims how Juliet has married death and how death is his son-in-law rather than Paris. Since the Lord has no other children, death will take everything in the end. The statement “Death is my son-in-law. Death is my heir” (4.5.43), is and example of dramatic irony, as Lord Capulet doesn't know that he has a son-in-law and heir who is alive, Romeo. It is also foreshadowing because his soon-to-be son-in-law, Paris, will die. Death is also like his son-in-law as it is close to the Capulet family, with Tybalt and then Juliet dying. Death is personified and given power when compared to vital characters who are the cause of important events. He exclaims, “And leave him all. Life, living, all is