Wednesday 29 September 2010

What is an example of dramatic irony in Act V, Scene iii of Romeo and Juliet?

The dramaticin act 5, scene 3 of Shakespeare's arises from what
the audience knowswhich is a considerable amount of informationand the characters don't know
about each other and about the situation in which they find themselves. Compared to the
audience, the characters in the scene know almost nothing, which very much increases the irony
in the scene and holds the audience in a heightened state of suspense and anticipation for the
entire scene.

The audience knows thatandare married, the circumstances of the
marriage, and everything leading up to this scene, including the fact that Juliet isn't dead but
simply in a deep sleep from having taken 's death-simulating sleeping potion.


enters the churchyard where Juliet's tomb is located with the Page. Paris sends the
Page off to warn him if anyone else comes into the churchyard. As he strews flowers outside
Juliet's tomb, he is unaware that Romeo and Juliet are married, and that Juliet is...


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