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What are some dramatic irony in Romeo and Juliet?

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At one point there is dramatic irony when Juliet drinks the potion that will make her appear as if she was dead for 42 hours. it just made her appear dead, but when romeo went into the tomb, he thought that she WAS dead. he then drank real poison, and during all this the audience is falling off their seats because in just a few short minutes Juliet would have woken up and romeo would not be dead. WHY COULDN'T ROMEO HAVE WAITED TWO MORE MINUTES???
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An example of dramatic irony is Act 3 Scene 4 and its when Juliet's father, Capulet, agrees and says yes to Paris that Juliet will marry him. The dramatic irony is that the audience knows the truth that Juliet is already married to Romeo and Juliet can not be married to both Paris and Romeo.

Also We as the audience know that Romeo and Juliet will die in the end due to the prolouge. None of the characters know this. tehhee

Also, the way both families insist they will never forgive one another and end the feud when we know from the prologue that they will XD

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