How does Shakespeare use dramatic irony to engage his audience in Romeo and Juliet?

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the last scene when Juliet pretends to be dead & then Romeo drinks poison
I need to write an essay. i have got some points but i don't know how to write them in a point,evidence, explain paragraph.
1- When Romeo and Juliet meet – identity
2- Friar Lawrence – violent passions/violent ends
3- Juliet gets married to Romeo – patriarchal society
4- When Tybalt and Romeo fight – wedding
5- When Juliet has to marry Paris – already married
6- Romeo not getting the letter to tell him about Juliet’s fake death
7- When Romeo kills himself – Juliet wakes up
8- The death of Romeo and Juliet – causes the feud to end
If you use your points, you'll end up just re-telling the entire story. What you NEED to do is to focus on two or three passages which demonstrate dramatic irony.

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