Dramatic irony occurs when a character on stage is not aware of something the audience or reader knows to be true. In Act V, Scene 3 of Romeo and Juliet, why are the following lines of Romeo dramatically ironic?

Question

Dramatic irony occurs when a character on stage is not aware of something the audience or reader knows to be true. In Act V, Scene 3 of Romeo and Juliet, why are the following lines of Romeo dramatically ironic?

Death, that hath sucked the honey of thy breath,
Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty.
Thou art not conquered. Beauty's ensign yet
Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks,
And death's pale flag is not advancèd there.
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Responses

Death is associated with a pale flag rather than a black one.

Unknown to Romeo, Juliet is not really dead.

Romeo hopes against hope that Juliet may still be alive.

Romeo realizes that the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues will never end.

Answer 1

Unknown to Romeo, Juliet is not really dead. This is dramatically ironic because the audience knows that Juliet has taken a potion to fake her death, while Romeo believes she is truly dead and is mourning her supposed loss.