When Juliet awakes, she finds Romeo dead after which she too stabs herself with a dagger. This event was an example of Dramatic irony as the audience knew very well that Juliet is feigning her death but Romeo finds it to be the reality.
Q. What does dramatic irony lend to a play or film?
Dramatic irony is a drama technique in which the audience knows something that the character doesn’t. Because of this understanding, the words and actions of the characters take on a different meaning. This can create intense suspense or humor, depending on the writer’s intention.
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- Q. What does dramatic irony lend to a play or film?
- Q. What does dramatic irony add to a play?
- Q. Why do you think playwrights and screenwriters use dramatic irony?
- Q. What is an example of dramatic irony from anywhere in Act II?
- Q. What does Romeo blame for Mercutio’s death?
- Q. Why does Mercutio say a plague o both houses what houses is he talking about why both?
- Q. What does Mercutio think is the reason Romeo refuses to fight?
Q. What does dramatic irony add to a play?
By allowing the audience to know important facts ahead of the leading characters, dramatic irony puts the audience and readers above the characters, and also encourages them to anticipate, hope, and fear the moment when a character would learn the truth behind events and situations of the story.
Q. Why do you think playwrights and screenwriters use dramatic irony?
Dramatic irony puts the audience into a position of power — as far as giving them certain knowledge the characters don’t know — but at the same time, they are kept in the dark because they don’t know how the characters will discover that information, which keeps us on the edge of our seats.
Q. What is an example of dramatic irony from anywhere in Act II?
A second example would be in Act 2, scene 2 when Juliet is standing on her balcony. She thinks that she is simply talking to herself about how she feels about Romeo and how she wishes he was not a Montague. Since Romeo is standing right there but she does know it and the audience does, this is dramatic irony.
Q. What does Romeo blame for Mercutio’s death?
Romeo blames himself for Mercutio’s death because he placed his love for Juliet before consideration of his friend. Romeo thus attacks Tybalt to assuage his guilt. However, by doing so, he disregards any effect that his choice may have on Juliet. His action is impulsive and reckless.
Q. Why does Mercutio say a plague o both houses what houses is he talking about why both?
And a last quote by Mercutio is said when he is dying from Tybalt killing him and he is speaking to Romeo, “I am hurt. A plague o’both houses! In this last quote he is saying to Romeo how because he got into the way of him and Tybalt fighting that he was stabbed.
Q. What does Mercutio think is the reason Romeo refuses to fight?
What does Mercutio think is the reason Romeo refuses to fight? Mercutio thinks that Romeo is refusing to fight because he has been weakened by love. Mercutio thinks that Romeo’s surrender is dishonorable.
