Dramatic Irony: The Misunderstanding Of Gwendolen

An example of a dramatic irony that is caused by the different goals between characters is the misunderstanding of Gwendolen. When Jack proposes to Gwendolen , Gwendolen accepts the proposal because she likes the name ‘Earnest’. Pursuing only the name of Jack’s fictional character, Gwendolen, unlike the audience, does not knows that Jack’s name is not Earnest. Jack, on the other hand, constantly tries to convince Gwendolen that ‘Jack’ is as good a name as ‘Earnest’ so that the truth would not affect