... the tragic but inevitable end of Romeo and Juliet. The sense of tragedy in the film is also magnified enormously through the dramatic irony. Juliet opens her eyes and watches unknowingly as her lover poisons himself. This increased dramatic irony makes the two lover's deaths far more tragic and moving than in the play. This together with the contrasting mix of popular ... , the story of the two doomed young lovers is as relevant today as it was in the days of Shakespeare. Luhrman has used lighting, music, costumes, acting, editing, imagery, dramatic irony and language to create a film th...

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... encounter each other. Tybalt wants to fight Romeo, but Romeo refuses, as Tybalt is Romeo's future cousin. Tybalt doesn't know that, but the audience does, and this is called dramatic irony. Later on in that scene Tybalt is trying to be polite, but Mercutio wants to start a fight and Mercutio isn't really seen as an aggressive character until now as he ... ...

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... that he feels he is apart of Tybalt's family as he is married to Juliet, the audience knows why Romeo wants peace but the characters don't which is where dramatic irony comes into it. When Mercutio and Tybalt start to fight the style of their fighting reflects on their personalities as Mercutio isn't taking it very serious and has a big grin ... ...

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... most important component of the text. Shakespeare used poetic devises such as sonnets, metaphors, soliloquies, symbolisms and puns to depict the story of the "star crossed lovers". There is dramatic irony present in the play as the audience often knows what other characters are feeling when some of the characters in it do not. The degree of violence is tame in ... ...

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