Dramatic Irony In Romeo And Juliet
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William Shakespeare used dramatic irony in each and every one of his comedies, tragedies, and histories. Dramatic irony, a literary device in which the audience knows something that a character or group of characters don’t, is used in this tragedy, Romeo and Juliet. Sometimes, we do not understand the irony, but there are at least five ....
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.... Juliet’s window, without her knowing, Romeo overhears her. He overhears her say, “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.” Basically, what Juliet says that she wants to marry Romeo and will defy her father to do it. This is dramatic irony because she does not know that he is there, but the audience does. Her saying this makes h ....
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Number of pages: 3 (approx. 250 words per double-spaced page)
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