Lady Capulet: But much of grief shows still some want of wit. Juliet: Yet let me weep for such a feeling loss. 80 Lady Capulet:
So shall you feel the loss, but not the friend Till thou shalt know the reason of my love: Which you weep for. Juliet: Feeling so the loss, I cannot choose but ever weep the friend. Lady Capulet: Well, girl, thou weep'st not so much for his death, 85 As that the villain lives which slaugher'd him. Juliet: What villain, madam? Lady Capulet: That same villain, Romeo. Juliet: [Aside.] Villain and he be many miles asunder. God pardon him! I do, with all my heart; 90 This an example of dramatic irony because
Lady Capulet does not understand that Juliet is crying for Romeo.
Explanation:
In Act III Scene V of the play "Romeo and Juliet" the tears of Juliet helps in the construction of dramatic irony. When Lady Capulet sees tears in Juliet's eyes, she assumes it to be the tears of grief for Tybalt. In reality, the tears were the outcome of her being parted with Romeo. Dramatic irony refers to the situation in which the audience knows more than the characters. In this scene, the truth about Juliet's tears is known to the audience and not to Lady Capulet.
