Alack, there lies more peril in thine eye
Than twenty of their swords: look thou but sweet,
And I am proof against their enmity.
– William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2. In the famed balcony scene, Romeo responds to Juliet’s warning that he will die if any of her kinsmen find him in the Capulets’ garden. He reassures her and dismisses the danger, saying that if she looks at him with love that will protect him from their hate. This is an example of dramatic irony since the audience knows that the two lovers are doomed to die.