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    Throughout William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Julietdramatic irony‚ suspense‚ and tragedy are the main literary terms that contribute to making this play so comical. I really liked the dramatic irony‚ because it has its own kind of comedy. This play also teaches people many different things such suspense and tragedy. It is a very suspenseful because people are waiting to see how the people die. The tragedy is also horrible but in a sick demented way kind of funny. Dramatic irony caught my attention in the

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    contribute to the tragic end to one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays. Shakespeare uses dramatic irony to detail the plotline of the story to the audience‚ as well as the indiscretion of Romeo’s decision to kill himself due to his oblivion that Juliet was actually alive in the tomb. Shakespeare also uses the literary device of chance versus choice to portray the reckless decisions made by both Romeo and Juliet when they are faced with situations that they could not control‚ or “chance”. Finally‚ Shakespeare

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    great discussion in the present day‚ such as his usage of irony‚ foreshadowing‚ unconscious hypocrisy and other literary elements. They are used today as well‚ but in the past centuries‚ the combination of those elements was the technique which was the most appealing to the audience‚ the one‚ actually‚ used by Shakespeare. One of those elements is dramatic irony‚ which is based on the contrast of reality and misconception. In dramatic irony this contrast depends on the difference between what the

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    Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is about a young couple from opposing families forbidden love to marry in secret. There is much suspense as the story unfolds and leads to a tragic ending. One device used to create suspense in the dramatic irony that keeps the audience on edge. In Romeo and Juliet ‚ the author William Shakespeare has a way‚ of using his words to make the audience interested. This funky wordplay is called dramatic irony.For instance‚ in Act 4 scene 5 line #15‚ they all think Juliet is

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    Haste and It’s Influences in Romeo and Juliet In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ haste is a large factor that contributes to the tragedy of the play. In many places‚ Romeo acts very hastily with decisions having to do with marriage with Juliet. However‚ the character most responsible for the tragedy of the play is Mercutio. His hasty behavior having to do with fighting Tybalt in acts two and three most influences the tragedy in Romeo and Juliet. Haste helps Shakespeare communicate his point on

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    The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ took place in the 1500’s. The play is about two feuding families‚ the Capulets and Montagues‚ daughter and son who fall in love at first sight. In the end‚ Romeo and Juliet take their lives because their love was destroyed by their families hatred towards each other. In this story‚ Shakespeare uses a proliferate amount of irony to show that love is a strong bond that can bring peace and defeat enemy feuding. Shakespeare’s play is full

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    “A lot of parents will do anything for their kids except let them be themselves”(banksy)In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet he uses dramatic irony to toy with the audiences emotions or to make them cringe only to wonder why a character reacted to something the way they did. Dramatic irony is a literary technique‚ by which the full significance of a character’s words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character. --- In the beginning of the play the narrator says

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    The gender that makes a more dramatic impact has to be the male for many reasons. The males are the one that ends up starting things over a family feud that we don’t even know how it started. Like at the start of the story it starts out with them trying to fight with Montaue servants just because of a family feud. Then when Montaue and Capulet come and see what is going on and they found out that their servents fighting‚ which made them want to join but their wives to them not to because they are

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    Blair Language Arts 20 March 2014 Rise of one person at the expense of another‚ contrasting worlds‚ disguises‚ and redemption reveal the four most common Dramatic Patterns found throughout The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. To start with‚ rise of one person at the expense of another is a pattern that ultimately describes an individual whose actions take effect upon themselves. In this case‚ an example of this pattern would be how the

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    The Tragedy Romeo & Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare. The story takes place in the 1500s in a city of Verona‚ Italy. With a story of two lovers that are forbidden to each other but still love each other. The main idea is how they love each other even though they cannot be with each other and that did not stop them they still loved and cherish each other. Shakespeare in the story uses a lot of irony to show that you should do anything for true love

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