Read the excerpt from Act IV, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet.
Capulet: Now, afore God! this reverend holy friar,
All our whole city is much bound to him.
Juliet: Nurse, will you go with me into my closet,
To help me sort such needful ornaments 35
As you think fit to furnish me to-morrow?
Lady Capulet: No, not till Thursday; there is time enough.
Capulet: Go, nurse, go with her. We’ll to church to-morrow. [Exeunt JULIET and Nurse]
This is an example of dramatic irony because the audience knows that
Capulet is not prepared for the wedding festivities.
the nurse is unwilling to help Juliet with her dress.
Juliet does not intend to follow through with the wedding.
Lady Capulet does not approve of the match to Paris.