Dramatic Irony In Romeo And Juliet

The dramatic irony in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is what makes this breathtaking performance so savoring. Even though we know what to expect, the expectations are through the roof. Dramatic irony is when the audience knows something that the characters in the play don't. Shakespeare uses dramatic irony during this play to have the audience welcome catharsis. Catharsis is the process of releasing strong repressed emotions normally experienced at the end of an act. Throughout the play, Shakespeare takes the audience on an emotional storm then ties up loose ends while making it a lively experience.

Catharsis is joined with most of the dramatic irony throughout the play. Shakespeare purposely strives to make the audience perceive suspense

Instead of the audience feeling feeble he gets them further involved by informing them information the characters don't know. To notify the reader at the beginning of the play that "A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life, Whose misadventured piteous overthrows" informs the audience but not the actors. The following reading this play knew the tragedy as soon as the play began. When the Nurse told Juliet “Ah, welladay! He’s dead, he’s dead, he’s dead! We are undone, lady, we are undone! Alack, the day! He’s gone, he’s killed, he’s dead!...”Whoever would have thought it? Romeo!”. Juliet believed Romeo was dead but the observers knew he wasn't and that she was uttering about Tybalt. Since Juliet wasn't there to undergo the duel she never knew that her cousin had died and that Romeo was the killer. Then, Juliet responded “Hath Romeo slain himself? Say thou but “ay,” And that bare vowel I shall poison more than the death-darting eye of cockatrice.” She believed her husband had perished due to the misinterpretation of the Nurse, but since the audience knew that it was really Tybalt that had died this is an example of dramatic irony. Abruptly after she then believed Tybalt and Romeo both had died. She said “Is Romeo slaughtered, and is Tybalt dead? My dearest cousin and my dearer lord? Then, dreadful trumpet, sound the general doom! For who is living if those two are gone?". Once

For instance, when Romeo says "fear too early, for my mind misgives some consequence yet hanging in the stars shall bitterly begin his fearful date With this night’s revels, and expire the term Of a despisèd life closed in my breast By some vile forfeit of untimely death." When Romeo declares his dream which is simply just a dream, he does die due to his devotion to Juliet which leads to the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Unfortunately, another element of the tragedy was the letter from Friar Lawrence that told Romeo how Juliet was just sleeping never got addressed. Friar Lawrence plan was “Shall Romeo by my letters know our drift, And hither shall he come, and he and I Will watch thy waking, and that very night Shall Romeo bear thee hence to Mantua.” The message never was obtained by Romeo meanwhile whenever he found out that his sincere love had died he spared himself due to the wound in his heart. Also, a shallow duel channel two deaths and banishment. Because Mercutio didn't know that Romeo and Juliet are married he didn't get why Romeo wouldn't fight Tybalt. Romeo addresses, “Tybalt, the reason that I have to love thee Doth many excuses the appertaining rage To such a greeting. Villain is I none. Therefore, farewell. I see thou know’st me not.” Romeo wouldn't challenge Tybalt because he was family now and he loved him but because no one knew of their