Romeo and Juliet act 3 scene 3

Patriarchy= a system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is traced through the male line.

Dramatic irony=Dramatic irony is a form of irony that is expressed through a work’s structure: an audience’s awareness of the situation in which a work’s characters.

“I think she will be ruled in all respects by me”

“And bid her”

He uses patriarchy as representing her father towards Juliet. To show us that the only one in control of juliets life is her father that her mother could not have and opinion or Juliet.