William Shakespeare wrote The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet in the late 1500s in which two star crossed lovers take their lives. In this play, Shakespeare utilizes a variety of irony to show how doomed love can lead to unexpected outcomes.
Shakespeare's play if full of dramatic irony. For example, he demonstrates dramatic irony because the audience knows Romeo was going to kill himself over Juliet being dead. This is ironic because we know that Juliet's going to wake up and see Romeo dying in her arms, but she does not know that.
Shakespeare also demonstrates verbal irony. Juliet is irritated by her father's decision to hand her over in marriage to Paris whom she doesn't love instead of Romeo whom she adores.
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