Dramatic Irony In Romeo And Juliet

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Romeo & Juliet (Topic #3) Franco Zeffirelli’s film, Romeo and Juliet, captures two teenagers who fall in love with each other, under inconsiderable circumstances. Juliet is a Capulet and Romeo is Montague. The Capulet and Montague families has been feuding for a long time. Despite, the two fall in love and secretly marry each other. Juliet’s father is unaware of their marriage; he arranges for her to marry Count Parris, who is wealthy. In order to get out of the marriage, Juliet drinks a poison that is supposed to make her appear dead. Friar plans to inform Romeo of the hoax, but the letter does not reach him in time. Thus, tragedy occurs. The film is filled with irony. Dramatic irony is irony that is understood by the audience and not the