Romeo And Juliet Situational Analysis

William Shakespeare incorporated the three types of irony (verbal, dramatic, and situational) in Romeo and Juliet by subtly putting it in his legendary play. William shows verbal irony in the play in act when it opens and says “Two households, both alike in dignity … to mend” (Prologue, lines 1-15). At first, when you hear this, you think that the two families honorable and dignified. But as the play goes on, you start to see that the families are violently competitive and undignified. Shakespeare also showed situational irony when he makes us think that the young lovers (Romeo and Juliet) do end up together for eternity. But what happened instead was that the two lovers did end up together, but not in the way we expected them to. The audience