Irony In Act Three of ROMEO AND JULIET Throughout Romeo and Juliet there is a great deal of irony. Scene three contains ironic events like the death of Mercutio, Romeo?s reaction to his banishment and Lady Capulet?s joyful news. This book also contains examples of dramatic irony like Tybalt?s challenge and Juliet?s engagement to Paris. Dramatic irony is an example of figurative language where we, the readers, know something that a …showed first 75 words of 828 total…

…showed last 75 words of 828 total…an example of a dramatic Irony because Lady Capulet and Capulet do not know that Juliet is all ready married, but we the readers do. In Shakespeare?s Romeo and Juliet there are many examples of irony, and they all add to the plot of the story in their own way. William Shakespeare uses this literary device in Romeo and Juliet to build up to the dramatic and catastrophic end of these two ill-fated lovers.