Irony is an event in a story that the reader doesn’t expect and is surprising. Irony gives a story the extra power that will make it more interesting. The irony in a story will be when the events take a turn‚ and a reader’s jaw drops with astonishment. This literary element give a story the ending that it needs in order to be remembered. Irony comes in many forms‚ and some are more surprising than others. In the short stories‚ “The Censors”‚ written by Luisa Valenzuela and “The Gift of the Magi”
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are‚ having a ‘tragic hero’ who is noble‚ dramatic irony‚ hamartia‚ hubris‚ pathos and a restoration of social order. Dramatic irony is an element used in a tragedy. This element creates situations where the audience knows the characters thoughts‚ personality‚ or events that have occurred to a character before another character does. The author uses this element to instil fear‚ frustration‚ or suspense to the reader. An example of dramatic irony used in the Shakespearean tragedy ‘Othello’ in Act
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Dramatic Irony in Oedipus Rex In Oedipus Rex‚ by Sophocles‚ there are several instances of dramatic irony. Not only does this irony give the plot a rounder shape‚ but it helps the audience understand‚ or follow along‚ the plot better. Dramatic irony is sometimes used to intensify a scene or act. By doing this‚ the plot of the story‚ or play‚ is made more interesting. One example is Oedipus taunting Teiresias for his blindness‚ both physical and stellar. He says‚ "You sightless‚ witless‚ senseless
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becoming Thane of Cawdor. One of the literary resources that Shakespeare constantly uses is irony. In this case‚ he uses dramatic irony‚ in which the audience is aware of a situation that the other characters are not familiar with. In this specific circumstance‚ he uses the irony to build up the character of Macbeth‚ to let the audience judge him themselves. There are various examples in which the dramatic irony is explicit. The King has high expectations of the deeds that Macbeth is going to fulfill
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death‚ but due to his philosophical nature‚ he begins to overthink things and makes things go awry. Due to Hamlet being a play‚ the audience or reader possesses information that the majority of characters are not aware of‚ which is known as dramatic irony. Therefore‚ the audience can notice the minor‚ or even major‚ discrepancies or missed opportunities by the characters portrayed in the “madness” of Hamlet‚ the missed opportunity of killing King Claudius‚ and the untimely death of Ophelia. As the
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as to why Dante gave his sinners such specific punishments. Most of these punishments were closely related or the opposite of the sins committed. Irony is seen in many ways throughout The Inferno. As Dante takes you through his version of Hell he uses imagery to describe each of his nine levels‚ it’s sinners‚ and their punishments. The first time irony is seen in Dante Alighieri’s The Inferno is at the entrance to the underworld in circle three. This part of Hell holds the Gluttons and the chief
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Greek‚ situational irony occurs when the opposite of what one expects happens. Irony in literature has existed for many years. It keeps the readers engaged and heavily impacts the points the writer wanted to get across. In Chaim Potok’s book The Chosen‚ the author wrote about the faith of Reuven and Danny and the pressures they received from their communities and fathers. Reuven and Danny surprised their fathers and the reader with their ironic choices. The prominence of irony in Chaim Potok’s book
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family got their hands on it. The irony is when something differs from reality. In this essay‚ it will be proven that there is irony in this story and how it was used while the monkey’s paw was used. One clear example of irony occurs when the White family doesn’t expect anything bad to happen to them as they are wishing for something through the Monkey’s Paw. This is ironic because Herbert says he wants 200 pounds. So that’s what they
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Fahrenheit 451 has many forms of irony and it is a strong driving force used by Bradbury to push his point across to the reader. There are many instances where Bradbury uses irony to drive the point home. For example‚ the elephant in the room would be the fact that firemen start fires. This is a huge driving force to the theme that society is falling under the spell of censorship. Another good example of irony is how Clarisse is considered antisocial in this novel for being what the reader considers
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of The Importance of Being Earnest‚ Oscar Wilde uses irony to comment on the‚ absurd nature of the Victorian morals and values‚ context as well as highlight the satire‚ that he implemented‚ and humour. In the scene‚ Cecily admonishes Algy‚ who is pretending to be Ernest by saying‚ "I hope you have not been leading a double life‚ pretending to be wicked and being really good all the time. That would be hypocrisy." This is a use of dramatic irony as usually the act of being a hypocrite is when one pretends
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