Please know the difference between verbal irony, situational irony and dramatic irony. Then post an example of each from your choice of "works of literary merit" (preferably from our class texts).
Dramatic irony is when the words and actions of a particular character have a different meaning for the reader than they do for the other characters. An example of this occurred in Act V scene ii of Hamlet when Gertrude rises to drink from the cup. Claudius tells her not to drink, because it is meant only for Hamlet, but she does so anyway. In an aside, he says, "It is the poison’d cup: it is too late." Situational irony occurs when an outcome turns out to be very different from what is expected. In Hamlet Act V scene ii, the situational irony becomes apparent when Claudius uses poison to kill Hamlet and this same poison kills him. Verbal irony is a figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is actually meant.In A Prayer for Owen Meany (pg. 5), Mrs. Walker says "Owen Meany, you get back to your seat! You get down from up there!" Suggesting the idea that Owen could just float in thin air, instead of being held in the air by the other Sunday school students. When she yells at Owen to stop floating in the air, she is indirectly yelling at the class to put him down.
Verbal irony is when what is said is the opposite of what is meant. In Act I of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, Jack claims that when in the country, one has to amuse other people; those people being his neighbors. When Algernon questions if he has “nice neighbors”, Jack retorts “Perfectly horrid! Never speak to one of them.” The verbal irony comes in when Algernon responds “How immensely you must amuse them!” Clearly if Jack does not even talk to his neighbors, he can’t amuse them. Therefore Algernon is being facetious when stating that he must amuse them “immensely”. Dramatic irony occurs when the audience holds more knowledge about the situation than the characters in the play do. In Act II of The Importance of Being Earnest, dramatic irony takes place when both Gwendolyn and Cecily believe their lovers to be named Ernest. While drinking tea, they discover that they are both engaged to Ernest, and become bitter towards each other for stealing the other’s man. What they DON’T know is that it is only a mix up of the names, and that both men are only pretending to be the same person – however, the audience is aware of this fact, so it becomes dramatic irony. Situational irony is when an outcome turns out to be very different from what was expected. At the very end of The Importance of Being Earnest, it is discovered that Jack is actually Algernon’s older brother and nephew to Lady Bracknell. It is also ironically disclosed that his true Christian name is Ernest. This is situational irony, because what actually happens is very different from what is expected to happen.
Verbal irony is a figure of speech in which what is meant is the opposite of what is said in order to reveal a certain point. For example, it is ironic when Lady Bracknell states that her daughter is “a girl with a simple, unspoiled nature” and then goes on to protest Gwendolen’s residence in the country. The point made is that Gertrude is, in fact, a spoiled, extravagant, upper class woman.
Situational irony describes a situation (as the term suggests) in which a character is in a reversed or unexpected situation. This type of irony is especially present at the conclusion of Hamlet. Laertes dies from his own sword, which was poisoned to kill Hamlet. Claudius is also killed by that sword and is forced to drink the poisoned wine concocted to kill Hamlet. Gertrude dies from drinking that same poisoned drink. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are killed instead of Hamlet when they arrive to England.
Dramatic irony occurs when the reader or audience knows something about the content of a play/novel/etc. that a character does not (like in a farce). Dramatic irony takes place when readers learn of Tess' illegitimate relations to the Trantridge d’Urbervilles, who chose their last name at random. Tess does not learn of these false relations until it's too late, and all the damage has been done.
There are three distinct forms of irony: verbal, situational, and dramatic irony. The first, verbal irony, consists of a statement saying the opposite of what id meant, thus, revealing a character or author’s true intention. In the beginning of the play, “The Importance of Being Earnest,” Algae makes a remark about Lane being married only once. He states that is morally deficient. This is an example of verbal irony because Algernon is truly the one who is morally deficient because of his hypocritical lifestyle, especially with the deceit he partakes in throughout the play. The second is situational irony. When a character finds him or herself in a situation that is the antithesis of what he or she expected, situational irony has occurred. In “The Importance of being Ernest” Jack states that he never plans to have a brother towards the end of the play and in the end discovers that Algae is his brother, situational irony has occurred. Jack thought that despite making up an elaborate story about having a brother, he would never truly be in a position of having one. It is ironic that in the end, it turns out that his fake brother turned out to be his real one, landing him in a position he would have never expected to be in. Finally, there is dramatic irony, when the reader or audience knows something that the character does not . “ The Importance of being Earnest” has endless examples of dramatic irony. One memorable one is when Jack proclaims that Ernest, his “brother” , has died in Paris. In reality the audience/reader knows that his “brother” is but a couple steps away with Cecily. This is a perfect example of dramatic irony because Jack has no idea that his well thought out lie regarding his brother’s departure will be proven sadly wrong within the next couple of pages. The audience/ reader is very much aware of the dramatic irony; when the reader or audience knows something that the character does not. When Jack arrives from London bearing his brother’s ashes and telling everyone e impending doom that Jack will experience, once Ernest shows his face.
Verbal Irony is the use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning. A very popular example would be in Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" when Mark Antony calls Brutus an ambitious and honorable man but actually means that Brutus is dishonorable. Situational Irony is defined as when a situation turns out differently than expected or the opposite of what it seemed was going to happen. This type of irony is expressed in Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" when it's revealed that Jack's name really was Ernest and that he actually did have a brother, which was Algernon. I believe this was totally unexpected because Jack had already admitted to the "lie" he'd been telling all this time and Miss Prism just arbitrarily shows up. Dramatic Irony is when the meaning of a situation is understood by the audience but not the characters in the play. It was dramatically ironic in "The Importance of Being Earnest" when Jack came and announced that Ernest had died, while the audience knew that Ernest had in fact not died and had actually never existed in the first place.
Verbal irony is when someone says the opposite of what they mean, therefore revealing their true intentions. This occurs in Brave New World, when John quotes Shakespeare by saying, "O brave new world that has such people in it." This displays the irony that the people of the World State are not educated the same way John is. The fact that he is viewing a world that was conditioned to only conform, and calling it brave and with such people, exhibits his obvious disdain for the way they act.
Situational irony is when a character finds themselves in a situation opposite to that which one expects. This is prominent at the end of The Great Gatsby. Gatsby's gardener is concerned of leaves clogging the pool drain, but having never used the pool before, Gatsby decides to defer the draining of the pool and use it. Meanwhile, George Wilson, distraught over the death of his wife Myrtle, decides to seek revenge on the person that hit her. He believes that person to be Gatsby, and shoots him while he is relaxing on an air mattress in the pool. The fact that he chose that day to use the pool, giving George large access to Gatsby asserts the irony of the situation.
Finally, dramatic irony is when the reader knows something that the character does not know. This is displayed in The Importance of Being Earnest. When Gwendolyn and Cecily meet, they become quick friends. But, upon figuring out that they are both engaged to Ernest Worthing, they become bitter enemies. Unknown to them, Gwendolyn's Ernest is Jack Worthing, Cecily's ward, and Cecily's Ernest is Algernon Moncrieff, Gwendolyn's cousin. Although the reader knows they are not, because the girls believe they are both engaged to the same man, chaos ensues.
Verbal irony is when someone is saying the opposite word than they intended, revealing their true intentions. An example of this irony in the literary work "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. A character named Scout describes what constitutes "fine folks": "Everyone in Maycomb, it seemed, had a Streak: a Drinking Streak, a Gambling Streak, a Mean Streak, a Funny Streak...I had recieved the impression that Fine Folks were people who did the best they could with the sense they had, but Aunt Alexandra was of the opinion, obliquely expressed, that the longer a family had been squatting on the patch of land the finer it was." When Lee says "fine folks", he means the total opposite because they are drinkers, gamblers, and down right mean which is not fine at all.
Situational irony is when a character finds him/herself in a situation opposite to which one expects. The literary work "The Accidental Tourist" by Anne Tyler is an example when a part said, "Seated in a stenographer's chair, tapping away at a typewrite that had served him through four years of college, he wrote a series of guidebooks for people forced to travel on business." The character in this quote used the typewriter throughout his four years of college that helped him and guided him through his work, now he is guiding others with the typewriter by writing guidebooks with it.
Dramatic irony is when the reader knows something the character does not that could be either serious or funny. In the literary work "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austent is an example saying, "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that the single man in possessions of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." This starts becoming increasingly ironical with the knowledge that the women in the novel are the ones who are always in search for a man, especially a rich prospective suitor.
Verbal irony is when the speaker intends to be understood as meaning something that contrasts with the literal or usual meaning of what he says. An example of this is in Song of Solomon, " Somebody should have shot him." - " What for? He was already Dead."(pg 89) The fact that Dead is his name is verbal irony because he is already dead in a sense of status. Guitar's response was focusing on Macon Dead's life while Milkman's statement was focusing on his death which Guitar made one in the same.
Situational Irony : A contradiction of expectation between what might be expected and what actually occurs often connected to a fatalistic or pessimistic view of life. An example is Oryx and Crake. The Crakers were to be void of religion but in the end they created an idol of Snowman when he went back to the place the Crakers were created to get supplies.
Dramatic Irony: A situation in which the audience knows something about present or future circumstances that the character does not know as in Hamlet. The readers know that Hamlet was putting on an " antic disposition" because he knew Claudius killed his father, the other characters, besides his friends, did not know that his madness was an act.
verbal irony: a figure of speech that reflects the opposite of what is meant.
Example: In Song of Solomon, Guitar and Milkman discuss what should be done to his father and Guitar suggest he should be shot. He says he's already Dead. This is ironic because Macons dads last name is Dead.
Dramatic Irony: when the reader knows something that the character does not know
Example: The readers know that Hamlet knows Claudius killed King Hamlet, but Claudius doesn't know Hamlet knows.
Situational Irony: a character finds him or herself in a position opposite to that which one expects
Example: In Hamlet, Claudius uses poison to kill King Hamlet and in the end he is killed with poison.
Verbal irony is when you say the opposite of what you mean, thereby revealing what you actually meant. For example, in the play The Importance of Being Earnest, Jack says that he is "sick to death of all this cleverness" while actually meaning that there are so many fools out there who think they are clever and he can not deal with them any more. He actually wishes that there were more clever people, rather than the many foolish people there are. Situational irony is when the character is in a reversed or unexpected situation. For example, in the play The Importance of Being Earnest, Jack pretends to have a brother in order to get away from others when needed, but then admits that he has never had a brother and does not want one. However, at the end of the play we find out that Jack does actually have a brother, Algy, who he never knew was his real brother, thereby creating a situational irony. Dramatic irony is when the reader/viewer knows something that the character does not know. For example, in the play Hamlet, Hamlet acts like a crazy maniac on purpose to try and distract others from what he really was trying to do. While the audience knows that Hamlet is just pretending, the other characters do not, therefore creating dramatic irony.
Dramatic Irony- as readers, we all know that Hamlet is only “acting” crazy, but Claudius, Gertrude, Polonius, and Ophelia have no idea what is bothering Hamlet and they try to figure out what is going on with Hamlet and why he has exhibited such a sudden change in behavior.
Situational Irony- In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, when John the savage enters into the Brave New World, believing it is just that, when in fact it is actually a terrible world full of deceit and cowardice.
Verbal Irony- In the Roas Less Traveled by Robert Frost, the speaker knows he will tell the old story “with a sigh” of a choice he made that “made all the difference.”
Verbal irony is when something is said, but what is actually meant is the opposite of what was said. A common conversational example would be saying, “Oh great!” after something unpleasant has happened. As for a literary example, in Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal”, he suggests eating babies to better control the population and to have more readily available food. He says, “I rather recommend buying the children alive, and dressing them hot from the knife, as we do roasting pigs.” Obviously Swift does not think people should really eat babies, he is trying to make the point that the Irish should not me treated like animals.
Situational irony is when the outcome turns out to be different than expected. An example in Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet” would be when Laertes’ plan backfires. Laertes devises a plan with King Claudius to seek revenge on Hamlet by slaying him with a poisoned sword, yet in the end Laertes dies from his own poisonous sword when Hamlet takes it and shanks him. Oh the irony!
Dramatic irony is when the audience or reader knows the true nature of a situation, but the characters do not. In “The Scarlet Letter”, the characters know of the adulterous sin committed by Hester Prynne, but only the reader is aware that Reverend Dimmesdale is the man who committed the sin with her. Another example of dramatic irony is in “The Importance of Being Earnest” when all the characters think the invalid Bunbury has finally died, yet what they don’t realize is that Bunbury never existed! HA!
Verbal irony is when someone says exactly opposite of what they mean in order to reveal something. The most obvious piece of verbal irony in The Importance of Being Earnest is in fact in the title; it is ironic that Ernest is actually Jack, because to be earnest means to be truthful, which Jack is not being... ironically.
Situational irony is when a person finds themselves in a situation that is quite the opposite of what they wanted to or expected to be in. The situation Jimmy finds himself in at the end of Oryx and Crake is ironic because Jimmy desired to find other people to help him, and he has to decide between talking to and killing them, two completely opposite choices, thus the irony.
Dramatic irony is when the reader/audience is aware of some crucial piece of information that the rest of the characters are not. It is dramatic irony in Hamlet when Hamlet gets cut by Laertes because the audience knows that Laertes has poisoned the tip of his sword but Hamlet does not.
Verbal irony is saying something while meaning the opposite. The most obvious example of verbal irony within Oscar Wilde’s "The Importance of Being Earnest" is a pun, being the title, Earnest within the title meaning honest but also Earnest as in the name Jack and Algernon both take on to get the women they desire. Situational Irony is when a character is in an unexpected situation. An example of this would be when Tess leaves her home to live with Alec D'Urberville thinking that he is a wealthy relative of hers, when really he has just changed his name in the past. He eventually takes advantage of her, which as the story unfolds sends her into a depressive state of being from the lack of purity she now has. Tess along with her family never expected such an incident to occur, especially because her parents looked up to him for his high class status, hoping Tess and Alec would wed. Dramatic Irony is when the audience or reader knows something that the character doesn't, creating a dramatic situation. An example of this would be within Romeo and Juliet, even though she is drugged the characters within the play believe her to be dead. This dramatically turns into a tragedy as we witness Romeo kill himself over this confusion.
Verbal Irony is saying the opposite of what you mean in order to revel its true intention. A perfect example of this is seen in the title of the Importance of Being Earnest as Jack is impersonating Ernest yet it is ironic that the actual word earnest means to be sincere.
Situational Irony is when a character finds him/herself in a situation opposite to the one they expect. This can be seen in the short story, The Dangerous Game where Zaroff, a world-class hunter enters a game intending to be the hunter but ends up becoming the hunted in an even larger and more twisted game.
Dramatic Irony is when the reader knows something the character does not. An example of this is in Romeo and Juliet when Juliet has taken a potion which only makes her seem dead while Romeo believes she actually is and ends up killing himself as a result.
Verbal Irony is when someone says something, but really means the opposite. This is not the same as sarcasm where the comment could be meant as an attack on the person who the sarcasm is directed. A good example of verbal irony is in The Importance of Being Earnest when Jack and Algy are discussing how Jack dislikes his neighbors in the country. After Jack explains how much he hates his neighbors Algy comments saying "How immensely you must amuse them!" when in reality he knows that Jack never sees them, and defiantly doesn't amuse them.
Situational Irony is when a person finds themselves in the opposite situation they would have thought they would be in. A good example would be in Hamlet when Laertes is killed by his own poisoned sword when he really was trying to kill hamlet with said sword. Laertes ends up being the one killed by his very own sword, which was meant to kill Hamlet.
Dramatic Irony is when the reader, or audience, knows more vital information than the characters do. For example in The Scarlet Letter Hester Prynne is committed of adulatory, but nobody knows who is guilty of committing it with her. Only the reader knows that Reverend Dimmesdale is the one who committed the crime with her.
Verbal Irony when a character means to say one thing but, heard by others as something different. In Oscar Wilde's, "The Importance of Being Earnest," both Cecily and Gwendolen insult each other when discussing who is in love with Earnest. When they find out the truth, they begin to protest their love for each other right after they insulted each other. Wilde might have wanted to show the trivial verbal irony that we use in our everyday life.
Situational Irony is an event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of the characters, the reader, or the audience. An example of this would be in Romeo and Juliet, when Juliet drinks the real poison unknowingly, only to find out that Romeo only took fake poison.
Dramatic Irony, is irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play. An example of this would be when Hamlet reenacts the scene of his father's death. Claudius does not know that Hamlet knows that he killed King Hamlet.
Verbal irony consists meaning the opposite of what is said. In the Importance of Being Earnest, Cecily asks Gwendolen “I suppose that is why you live in town?” after Gwendolen informs her that she hates crowds.
Situational irony consists of an outcome that is different from what is expected. This occurs in Brave New World when John enters the World State hoping to be accepted, but finds himself just as isolated as he was on the Reservation.
Dramatic irony is when the reader knows something that the characters don’t. This happens in The Importance of Being Earnest when Jack informs everyone that Ernest has died, not knowing that Algernon had been pretending to be Ernest.
Verbal irony deals with saying the opposite of what one means, therefore revealing the true intention. The most obvious example would be the title of the play we just read, “The Importance of Being Earnest.” Neither one of the boys were sincere or serious, they were simply not ernest... I mean Earnest! ;) Situational irony is when a character finds himself in a situation opposite to that which one expects. An example would be the situation in which Tess finds herself after leaving home. While her family is relieved, believing the D'Urbervilles will resolve their financial problems, it turns out Alec and his family are a big hoax. Dramatic irony is when the reader knows something the character doesn't. Hamlet has several of these moments. For instance, when the queen drinks the cup containing the poison, or when the sword has been fixed with poison.
Verbal irony is when someone says something, and the intended meaning is the opposite of what was actually said. Verbal irony can consist of such literary devices as puns, entendres, and epigrams. The title of The Importance of being Earnest is in fact a form of verbal irony. “Earnest” is a pun for the name Ernest. The play shows the irony in being Ernest and how tactile the name Ernest really is. Dramatic irony is when the reader view actions and words of the characters differently than the other characters in the story do because the reader knows more than the characters. An example of this is when Jack returns to his country home to express that his brother has died. Some of the characters believe this while others believe that his brother, who is not his brother, but ends up being his brother, is in the house. The audience knows that Algy is not his brother, or believe to be his brother at the time and that the other characters have been fooled. Situational irony is when an actual outcome or ending is very different from what everyone expected it to be. The end of The Importance of being Earnest is a perfect example of situational irony. Nobody expected to find out Jack’s name was in fact Ernest, Algy was his brother, Lady Bracknell was Jack’s aunt, and Ernest would still wish to marry his cousin.
Verbal irony saying the opposite of what you mean and reveals intention. A great example is the tea party between Gwendolen and Cecily where they are hating each other yet trying to maintain the opposite style and composure and high society women.
Situational irony is defined as when a character finds him/herself in a situation opposite to what they expect. An exmaple could be found in Tess of the D'Ubervilles when Tess is helping her family with errands on the horse and accidently falls asleep and wakes up in an accident where the family horse dies. She didn't expect herself in such a situtaion and now has to pay for it by visiting her lost family.
Dramatic irony is when the reader knows something the character doesn't. An exmaple is in The Importance of Being Earnest, where all the readers know that Jack and Algy are pretending to being called Ernest, and this is not known to any of the characters until the end of the play.
The use of verbal irony is the art of saying the opposite of what you mean, therefore revealing your true intentions. In The Importance of being Earnest, the conversation between Jack and Algernon while eating muffins is a prime example. When Algernon says "I am particularly fond of muffins.", this is one of the many puns for sex, revealing the somewhat shift in conversation.
Situational irony is when a character finds him/herself in a situation opposite to the one they expected. In the play Hamlet, Polonius initially seeks to spy on Hamlet and Gertrude's conversation to find out what's wrong with Hamlet. He never expects that those words would be the last he hears, and is unfortunately killed.
Dramatic irony is when the reader has insight on information that the character does not know. In Hamlet, the reader knows that the cup and sword are poisoned, but Hamlet does not find out until it leads him to his own demise.
Verbal Irony could be defined as a figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant. For example in the Scarlet Letter Dismmesdale confesses to the group of people that he is a great sinner—being that he had sexual relations with a woman to whom he is not married. However the people take what he says completely differently saying that if he could find sin in himself then they must be truly horrid people. Verbal Irony is in this piece from The Scarlet Letter because Dismmesdale intended for the people to blame him rather than Hester, but instead the people do completely different. Situational Irony is the dissimilarity between what is expected and what actually happens. An example of situational Irony is in Tess of the D’Ubervilles is when Tess is send to the D’Ubervilles. The idea was to make the D’Ubervilles take a liking to her and marry Alec D’Ubervilles but what ends up happening is that Alec D’Ubervilles rapes her and gets her pregnant. Dramatic Irony is irony that is essential in a situation of drama and is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the dramatic piece. For example dramatic irony is present in Tess of the D’Ubervilles when Tess goes to the D’Ubervilles, the audience as well as Alec and his mother are aware that they are not really D’Ubervilles they just adopted the name. Alec’s real last name is Stoke, however the only persons not aware of that fact is Tess, her family and the other town folks. Georgette Taluy Block 4
Verbal irony is a statement that is said by the speaker that means something totally opposite of what is said. An example of verbal irony is in Hamlet when Ophelia says, “By Cock, they are to blame. /Quoth she, “Before you tumbled me, /You promised me to wed.” the verbal irony is when she says “cock” which is God but in reality what she meant was penis. She by God they are to blame. But really that’s not what she meant although that’s what she said.
Situational irony is an outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected. An example of situational irony is in “The Importance of Being Earnest” is the idea of “Bunburying”. Bunburying is a person that Algy created that was sickly who lived in the country. Algy would go bunburying when he wanted to get out of boring family and friends dinner. He gets himself into a sticky situation while he went “bunburying” and instead went to see Cecily.
Dramatic irony is when speeches or a situation of a drama is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play. An example of Dramatic irony in The Importance of Being Earnest is when Jack denied ever having a brother but toward the end of the play he finds out that Algernon is actually was he brother and he went wild with happiness that he actually had a brother.
Situational irony is saying the opposite of what you mean and therefore reveal your intention. An example of situational irony is when Jack tells everyone back in country that his brother, Ernest has died of a severe chill and Cecily comes to inform Jack moments after about the arrival of his brother Ernest while he was out of town. Dramatic irony is when the reader knows something that the character does not. An example of dramatic irony is within the play, Hamlet. Claudius plans to kill Hamlet with Laertes. The reader knows that the glass was filled with and the sword has poison while Gertrude and Hamlet, along with the rest of the kingdom who came to watch the fencing match did not. Verbal irony is when a character finds him/herself in a situation opposite to his expectations. An example of verbal irony is when Jack is speaking with Gwendolen about the possibility of his name being Jack. He asks her what she thinks of his name Jack. Upon her response he confides in her that he doesn’t “much care about the name of Ernest” or that it “suits” him. This fits under the category of verbal irony because his whole intent of the conversation is to try to reveal to Gwendolen his real name, but he does feel that Ernest suits him well, otherwise he would not have created the persona as his personal escape from his role as Jack.
Verbal irony is when a character says the opposite of what is meant to reveal a contrasting point.In Macbeth, after the murder of Duncan Lennox and Macbeth converse about the terrible weather. Macbeth responds to Lennox's observations with "twas a rough night" which is really in reference to his evil deed of murdering Duncan.
Situational irony is when a character finds him/herself in a situation opposite to that which one expects. Macbeth in the last act goes into battle with the idea that he can not die because the witches told him that no man of woman born can harm him. However Macbeth finds himself in battle with Macduff whom was born by a cesarean section, thus not technically woman born. Macbeth certainly finds himself in a situation other than he expected and dies for his overconfidence and power hungry ambition.
Dramatic irony is when the reader knows something the character does not. Romeo and Juliet is the classic example as Romeo kills himself with the idea that Juliet has died, though the reader is aware she is only drugged to sleep.
Situational irony is when something happens that is the exact opposite of what is expected to happen. An example of this is when, in Brave New World, the people considered "savages" are actually much more culture than those in society, who grew up devoid of any art or substance.
Verbal irony is when a character says the exact opposite of what is meant to reveal a purpose. This is evident in Tess of the d'Urbervilles whenever Alec calls Tess his "cousin". They are not really cousins, and in reality, Alec only views Tess as an object for his lust, not as a cousin.
Dramatic irony is when the audience knows something the sudience does not. This is present in Shakespeares Richard the Third, when Richard's brother Clarence is unaware of his brother's ruthless ambition and plans to kill him.
Verbal irony is when you say the opposite of what you mean which reveals your true feeling. An example of verbal irony is when Lady Bracknell says that Gwendolyn is "a girl with a simple, unspoiled nature" as she goes on to argue what Jack needs to provide for her, showing that she is the exact opposite. Situational irony is when the character is in a reverse or unexpected situation in a novel, movie, etc. An example of situational irony is the story "The Most Dangerous Game" and Hamlet, "hoist by your own petard". Dramatic irony is when the reader or viewer knows something the character does not. An example of this would be in Romeo and Juliet when Juliet is drugged, not dead, but only the audience knows.
Verbal irony- is saying the opposite of what one really means, thereby revealing your point. Ex: In The Importance of Being Earnest, when Cecily and Gwendolen are politely arguing after they have just found out that they think they are in love with the same man, they use verbal irony to present there true feeling while never actually saying what they mean and still being proper.
Situational irony- is when a character is in a reversed or unexpected situation. Ex: When Claudius poisons the King Hamlet and then his plan is ruined by Hamlets ghost, Hamlet ends up killing Claudius with poison; Claudius’ plan went haywire and he is killed just as the King Hamlet was killed.
Dramatic irony- is hen the reader knows something about the character that everyone else in the piece of literature doesn’t know. EX: In The Shipping News, the reader knows that the aunt is a lesbian but Quoyle doesn’t know, at least at this point in the book. By the reader knowing a part of the aunt’s life that the other characters in the book don’t know it is an example of dramatic irony.
Verbal irony is the use of irony when something is said but actually means the opposite . One such example is when Algernon talks to lane about marriage . He makes fun of Lane referring to marriage as "pleasant" and having been married once , when his lifestyle is the truly wrong one .
Situational irony is when a characters is in an unexpected situation . An example of this is in The Song of Solomon , when he hits his father . When he was younger , he feared his father and thought he was so big . But now , he's the same height and no longer fears him .
Dramatically irony occurs when the reader knows something that the character doesn't . An example of this is when Milkman talks about his name and it's origin . We know the origin of his name and the nasty truth but he is at a lost .
Verbal irony is when someone actually means the opposite of what they say. It often reveals either the author's or the character's true meaning. An example of verbal irony in Brave New World is when John describes the civilized world as a "brave new world, that has such people in it." The people to whom he is referring are the overly conditioned, bland, people completely lacking in individuality who consider themselves more advanced then him, who they dub a 'savage.'
Situational Irony is when a character finds him/herself in the opposite situation of the one they expected to be in. In Brave New World, Bernard invites the headmistress of Eton and the Arch-Songster of Canterbury to his apartment to see the savage. As a result, Bernard expects his social status to rise. Instead, John refuses to leave his room and thus thrusts Bernard into a precarious social position, not the advantageous one he had expected.
Dramatic irony occurs when the audience is aware of something that the characters in the story are not aware of, or when the audience understands the true meaning of a scene while the characters do not. An example of dramatic irony occurs in Macbeth. Macduff travels south to London to encourage Malcolm to raise an army to fight against Macbeth's tyrannical rule. Macduff is happy when Malcolm assures his that he is doing so. However, the audience knows (although the characters do not) that Macduff's happiness will be short lived because his entire family has been brutally slaughtered as a result of his trip to England.
Verbal irony is used to describe something that is the opposite. For example, in The Importance of Being Earnest, Jack declares that he "has no brother, and never will." However, this quotation becomes ironic as in the end, he finds out that Algernon is indeed his younger brother. This type of irony revolves around actions performed by characters and people that in the end turn out to be the total opposite.
Situational irony is when a character finds himself in the opposite setting or events. This can be expressed as in Hamlet when Gertrude drinks from the poisoned chalice, and at the end when Claudius is forced to drink as well, as the poison was planned for Hamlet, yet it caused the death of his mother and step-father.
Dramatic irony is when the readers or audience knows something that the main character or characters do not. For example, in Romeo and Juliet, the audience/readers know that Juliet has taken a sleeping potion, whereas Romeo believes that she is dead. This knowledge often creates chaos and confusion within the characters, but is known beforehand by the audience.
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ReplyDeleteDramatic irony is when the words and actions of a particular character have a different meaning for the reader than they do for the other characters. An example of this occurred in Act V scene ii of Hamlet when Gertrude rises to drink from the cup. Claudius tells her not to drink, because it is meant only for Hamlet, but she does so anyway. In an aside, he says, "It is the poison’d cup: it is too late."
ReplyDeleteSituational irony occurs when an outcome turns out to be very different from what is expected. In Hamlet Act V scene ii, the situational irony becomes apparent when Claudius uses poison to kill Hamlet and this same poison kills him.
Verbal irony is a figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is actually meant.In A Prayer for Owen Meany (pg. 5), Mrs. Walker says "Owen Meany, you get back to your seat! You get down from up there!" Suggesting the idea that Owen could just float in thin air, instead of being held in the air by the other Sunday school students. When she yells at Owen to stop floating in the air, she is indirectly yelling at the class to put him down.
Danielle Malcolm
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Verbal irony is when what is said is the opposite of what is meant. In Act I of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, Jack claims that when in the country, one has to amuse other people; those people being his neighbors. When Algernon questions if he has “nice neighbors”, Jack retorts “Perfectly horrid! Never speak to one of them.” The verbal irony comes in when Algernon responds “How immensely you must amuse them!” Clearly if Jack does not even talk to his neighbors, he can’t amuse them. Therefore Algernon is being facetious when stating that he must amuse them “immensely”.
ReplyDeleteDramatic irony occurs when the audience holds more knowledge about the situation than the characters in the play do. In Act II of The Importance of Being Earnest, dramatic irony takes place when both Gwendolyn and Cecily believe their lovers to be named Ernest. While drinking tea, they discover that they are both engaged to Ernest, and become bitter towards each other for stealing the other’s man. What they DON’T know is that it is only a mix up of the names, and that both men are only pretending to be the same person – however, the audience is aware of this fact, so it becomes dramatic irony.
Situational irony is when an outcome turns out to be very different from what was expected. At the very end of The Importance of Being Earnest, it is discovered that Jack is actually Algernon’s older brother and nephew to Lady Bracknell. It is also ironically disclosed that his true Christian name is Ernest. This is situational irony, because what actually happens is very different from what is expected to happen.
Piper Miller
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Verbal irony is a figure of speech in which what is meant is the opposite of what is said in order to reveal a certain point. For example, it is ironic when Lady Bracknell states that her daughter is “a girl with a simple, unspoiled nature” and then goes on to protest Gwendolen’s residence in the country. The point made is that Gertrude is, in fact, a spoiled, extravagant, upper class woman.
ReplyDeleteSituational irony describes a situation (as the term suggests) in which a character is in a reversed or unexpected situation. This type of irony is especially present at the conclusion of Hamlet. Laertes dies from his own sword, which was poisoned to kill Hamlet. Claudius is also killed by that sword and is forced to drink the poisoned wine concocted to kill Hamlet. Gertrude dies from drinking that same poisoned drink. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are killed instead of Hamlet when they arrive to England.
Dramatic irony occurs when the reader or audience knows something about the content of a play/novel/etc. that a character does not (like in a farce). Dramatic irony takes place when readers learn of Tess' illegitimate relations to the Trantridge d’Urbervilles, who chose their last name at random. Tess does not learn of these false relations until it's too late, and all the damage has been done.
There are three distinct forms of irony: verbal, situational, and dramatic irony. The first, verbal irony, consists of a statement saying the opposite of what id meant, thus, revealing a character or author’s true intention. In the beginning of the play, “The Importance of Being Earnest,” Algae makes a remark about Lane being married only once. He states that is morally deficient. This is an example of verbal irony because Algernon is truly the one who is morally deficient because of his hypocritical lifestyle, especially with the deceit he partakes in throughout the play.
ReplyDeleteThe second is situational irony. When a character finds him or herself in a situation that is the antithesis of what he or she expected, situational irony has occurred. In “The Importance of being Ernest” Jack states that he never plans to have a brother towards the end of the play and in the end discovers that Algae is his brother, situational irony has occurred. Jack thought that despite making up an elaborate story about having a brother, he would never truly be in a position of having one. It is ironic that in the end, it turns out that his fake brother turned out to be his real one, landing him in a position he would have never expected to be in.
Finally, there is dramatic irony, when the reader or audience knows something that the character does not . “ The Importance of being Earnest” has endless examples of dramatic irony. One memorable one is when Jack proclaims that Ernest, his “brother” , has died in Paris. In reality the audience/reader knows that his “brother” is but a couple steps away with Cecily. This is a perfect example of dramatic irony because Jack has no idea that his well thought out lie regarding his brother’s departure will be proven sadly wrong within the next couple of pages. The audience/ reader is very much aware of the dramatic irony; when the reader or audience knows something that the character does not. When Jack arrives from London bearing his brother’s ashes and telling everyone e impending doom that Jack will experience, once Ernest shows his face.
Sylvia Percovich
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Verbal Irony is the use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning. A very popular example would be in Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" when Mark Antony calls Brutus an ambitious and honorable man but actually means that Brutus is dishonorable.
ReplyDeleteSituational Irony is defined as when a situation turns out differently than expected or the opposite of what it seemed was going to happen. This type of irony is expressed in Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" when it's revealed that Jack's name really was Ernest and that he actually did have a brother, which was Algernon. I believe this was totally unexpected because Jack had already admitted to the "lie" he'd been telling all this time and Miss Prism just arbitrarily shows up.
Dramatic Irony is when the meaning of a situation is understood by the audience but not the characters in the play. It was dramatically ironic in "The Importance of Being Earnest" when Jack came and announced that Ernest had died, while the audience knew that Ernest had in fact not died and had actually never existed in the first place.
Verbal irony is when someone says the opposite of what they mean, therefore revealing their true intentions. This occurs in Brave New World, when John quotes Shakespeare by saying, "O brave new world that has such people in it." This displays the irony that the people of the World State are not educated the same way John is. The fact that he is viewing a world that was conditioned to only conform, and calling it brave and with such people, exhibits his obvious disdain for the way they act.
ReplyDeleteSituational irony is when a character finds themselves in a situation opposite to that which one expects. This is prominent at the end of The Great Gatsby. Gatsby's gardener is concerned of leaves clogging the pool drain, but having never used the pool before, Gatsby decides to defer the draining of the pool and use it. Meanwhile, George Wilson, distraught over the death of his wife Myrtle, decides to seek revenge on the person that hit her. He believes that person to be Gatsby, and shoots him while he is relaxing on an air mattress in the pool. The fact that he chose that day to use the pool, giving George large access to Gatsby asserts the irony of the situation.
Finally, dramatic irony is when the reader knows something that the character does not know. This is displayed in The Importance of Being Earnest. When Gwendolyn and Cecily meet, they become quick friends. But, upon figuring out that they are both engaged to Ernest Worthing, they become bitter enemies. Unknown to them, Gwendolyn's Ernest is Jack Worthing, Cecily's ward, and Cecily's Ernest is Algernon Moncrieff, Gwendolyn's cousin. Although the reader knows they are not, because the girls believe they are both engaged to the same man, chaos ensues.
Holly Denton
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ReplyDeleteVerbal irony is when someone is saying the opposite word than they intended, revealing their true intentions. An example of this irony in the literary work "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. A character named Scout describes what constitutes "fine folks": "Everyone in Maycomb, it seemed, had a Streak: a Drinking Streak, a Gambling Streak, a Mean Streak, a Funny Streak...I had recieved the impression that Fine Folks were people who did the best they could with the sense they had, but Aunt Alexandra was of the opinion, obliquely expressed, that the longer a family had been squatting on the patch of land the finer it was." When Lee says "fine folks", he means the total opposite because they are drinkers, gamblers, and down right mean which is not fine at all.
ReplyDeleteSituational irony is when a character finds him/herself in a situation opposite to which one expects. The literary work "The Accidental Tourist" by Anne Tyler is an example when a part said, "Seated in a stenographer's chair, tapping away at a typewrite that had served him through four years of college, he wrote a series of guidebooks for people forced to travel on business." The character in this quote used the typewriter throughout his four years of college that helped him and guided him through his work, now he is guiding others with the typewriter by writing guidebooks with it.
Dramatic irony is when the reader knows something the character does not that could be either serious or funny. In the literary work "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austent is an example saying, "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that the single man in possessions of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." This starts becoming increasingly ironical with the knowledge that the women in the novel are the ones who are always in search for a man, especially a rich prospective suitor.
Vashti Powell
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ReplyDeleteVerbal irony is when the speaker intends to be understood as meaning something that contrasts with the literal or usual meaning of what he says. An example of this is in Song of Solomon,
ReplyDelete" Somebody should have shot him." - " What for? He was already Dead."(pg 89) The fact that Dead is his name is verbal irony because he is already dead in a sense of status. Guitar's response was focusing on Macon Dead's life while Milkman's statement was focusing on his death which Guitar made one in the same.
Situational Irony : A contradiction of expectation between what might be expected and what actually occurs often connected to a fatalistic or pessimistic view of life.
An example is Oryx and Crake. The Crakers were to be void of religion but in the end they created an idol of Snowman when he went back to the place the Crakers were created to get supplies.
Dramatic Irony: A situation in which the audience knows something about present or future circumstances that the character does not know
as in Hamlet. The readers know that Hamlet was putting on an " antic disposition" because he knew Claudius killed his father, the other characters, besides his friends, did not know that his madness was an act.
Jalina Pittman
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verbal irony: a figure of speech that reflects the opposite of what is meant.
ReplyDeleteExample: In Song of Solomon, Guitar and Milkman discuss what should be done to his father and Guitar suggest he should be shot. He says he's already Dead. This is ironic because Macons dads last name is Dead.
Dramatic Irony: when the reader knows something that the character does not know
Example: The readers know that Hamlet knows Claudius killed King Hamlet, but Claudius doesn't know Hamlet knows.
Situational Irony: a character finds him or herself in a position opposite to that which one expects
Example: In Hamlet, Claudius uses poison to kill King Hamlet and in the end he is killed with poison.
Verbal irony is when you say the opposite of what you mean, thereby revealing what you actually meant. For example, in the play The Importance of Being Earnest, Jack says that he is "sick to death of all this cleverness" while actually meaning that there are so many fools out there who think they are clever and he can not deal with them any more. He actually wishes that there were more clever people, rather than the many foolish people there are.
ReplyDeleteSituational irony is when the character is in a reversed or unexpected situation. For example, in the play The Importance of Being Earnest, Jack pretends to have a brother in order to get away from others when needed, but then admits that he has never had a brother and does not want one. However, at the end of the play we find out that Jack does actually have a brother, Algy, who he never knew was his real brother, thereby creating a situational irony.
Dramatic irony is when the reader/viewer knows something that the character does not know. For example, in the play Hamlet, Hamlet acts like a crazy maniac on purpose to try and distract others from what he really was trying to do. While the audience knows that Hamlet is just pretending, the other characters do not, therefore creating dramatic irony.
Izzy Szura
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Dramatic Irony- as readers, we all know that Hamlet is only “acting” crazy, but Claudius, Gertrude, Polonius, and Ophelia have no idea what is bothering Hamlet and they try to figure out what is going on with Hamlet and why he has exhibited such a sudden change in behavior.
ReplyDeleteSituational Irony- In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, when John the savage enters into the Brave New World, believing it is just that, when in fact it is actually a terrible world full of deceit and cowardice.
Verbal Irony- In the Roas Less Traveled by Robert Frost, the speaker knows he will tell the old story “with a sigh” of a choice he made that “made all the difference.”
Brandon Richards
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Verbal irony is when something is said, but what is actually meant is the opposite of what was said. A common conversational example would be saying, “Oh great!” after something unpleasant has happened. As for a literary example, in Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal”, he suggests eating babies to better control the population and to have more readily available food. He says, “I rather recommend buying the children alive, and dressing them hot from the knife, as we do roasting pigs.” Obviously Swift does not think people should really eat babies, he is trying to make the point that the Irish should not me treated like animals.
ReplyDeleteSituational irony is when the outcome turns out to be different than expected. An example in Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet” would be when Laertes’ plan backfires. Laertes devises a plan with King Claudius to seek revenge on Hamlet by slaying him with a poisoned sword, yet in the end Laertes dies from his own poisonous sword when Hamlet takes it and shanks him. Oh the irony!
Dramatic irony is when the audience or reader knows the true nature of a situation, but the characters do not. In “The Scarlet Letter”, the characters know of the adulterous sin committed by Hester Prynne, but only the reader is aware that Reverend Dimmesdale is the man who committed the sin with her. Another example of dramatic irony is in “The Importance of Being Earnest” when all the characters think the invalid Bunbury has finally died, yet what they don’t realize is that Bunbury never existed! HA!
Amy Marshall
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Verbal irony is when someone says exactly opposite of what they mean in order to reveal something. The most obvious piece of verbal irony in The Importance of Being Earnest is in fact in the title; it is ironic that Ernest is actually Jack, because to be earnest means to be truthful, which Jack is not being... ironically.
ReplyDeleteSituational irony is when a person finds themselves in a situation that is quite the opposite of what they wanted to or expected to be in. The situation Jimmy finds himself in at the end of Oryx and Crake is ironic because Jimmy desired to find other people to help him, and he has to decide between talking to and killing them, two completely opposite choices, thus the irony.
Dramatic irony is when the reader/audience is aware of some crucial piece of information that the rest of the characters are not. It is dramatic irony in Hamlet when Hamlet gets cut by Laertes because the audience knows that Laertes has poisoned the tip of his sword but Hamlet does not.
-Tatiana Becker
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Verbal irony is saying something while meaning the opposite. The most obvious example of verbal irony within Oscar Wilde’s "The Importance of Being Earnest" is a pun, being the title, Earnest within the title meaning honest but also Earnest as in the name Jack and Algernon both take on to get the women they desire.
ReplyDeleteSituational Irony is when a character is in an unexpected situation. An example of this would be when Tess leaves her home to live with Alec D'Urberville thinking that he is a wealthy relative of hers, when really he has just changed his name in the past. He eventually takes advantage of her, which as the story unfolds sends her into a depressive state of being from the lack of purity she now has. Tess along with her family never expected such an incident to occur, especially because her parents looked up to him for his high class status, hoping Tess and Alec would wed.
Dramatic Irony is when the audience or reader knows something that the character doesn't, creating a dramatic situation. An example of this would be within Romeo and Juliet, even though she is drugged the characters within the play believe her to be dead. This dramatically turns into a tragedy as we witness Romeo kill himself over this confusion.
Alicia Weeks
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Verbal Irony is saying the opposite of what you mean in order to revel its true intention. A perfect example of this is seen in the title of the Importance of Being Earnest as
ReplyDeleteJack is impersonating Ernest yet it is ironic that the actual word earnest means to be sincere.
Situational Irony is when a character finds him/herself in a situation opposite to the one they expect. This can be seen in the short story, The Dangerous Game where Zaroff, a
world-class hunter enters a game intending to be the hunter but ends up becoming the hunted in an even larger and more twisted game.
Dramatic Irony is when the reader knows something the character does not. An example of this is in Romeo and Juliet when Juliet has taken a potion which only
makes her seem dead while Romeo believes she actually is and ends up killing himself as a result.
Maria Savarese Block: 4
Verbal Irony is when someone says something, but really means the opposite. This is not the same as sarcasm where the comment could be meant as an attack on the person who the sarcasm is directed. A good example of verbal irony is in The Importance of Being Earnest when Jack and Algy are discussing how Jack dislikes his neighbors in the country. After Jack explains how much he hates his neighbors Algy comments saying "How immensely you must amuse them!" when in reality he knows that Jack never sees them, and defiantly doesn't amuse them.
ReplyDeleteSituational Irony is when a person finds themselves in the opposite situation they would have thought they would be in. A good example would be in Hamlet when Laertes is killed by his own poisoned sword when he really was trying to kill hamlet with said sword. Laertes ends up being the one killed by his very own sword, which was meant to kill Hamlet.
Dramatic Irony is when the reader, or audience, knows more vital information than the characters do. For example in The Scarlet Letter Hester Prynne is committed of adulatory, but nobody knows who is guilty of committing it with her. Only the reader knows that Reverend Dimmesdale is the one who committed the crime with her.
Dakota Edelstein
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Verbal Irony when a character means to say one thing but, heard by others as something different. In Oscar Wilde's, "The Importance of Being Earnest," both Cecily and Gwendolen insult each other when discussing who is in love with Earnest. When they find out the truth, they begin to protest their love for each other right after they insulted each other. Wilde might have wanted to show the trivial verbal irony that we use in our everyday life.
ReplyDeleteSituational Irony is an event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of the characters, the reader, or the audience. An example of this would be in Romeo and Juliet, when Juliet drinks the real poison unknowingly, only to find out that Romeo only took fake poison.
Dramatic Irony, is irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play. An example of this would be when Hamlet reenacts the scene of his father's death. Claudius does not know that Hamlet knows that he killed King Hamlet.
Verbal irony consists meaning the opposite of what is said. In the Importance of Being Earnest, Cecily asks Gwendolen “I suppose that is why you live in town?” after Gwendolen informs her that she hates crowds.
ReplyDeleteSituational irony consists of an outcome that is different from what is expected. This occurs in Brave New World when John enters the World State hoping to be accepted, but finds himself just as isolated as he was on the Reservation.
Dramatic irony is when the reader knows something that the characters don’t. This happens in The Importance of Being Earnest when Jack informs everyone that Ernest has died, not knowing that Algernon had been pretending to be Ernest.
Eric Marshall
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Verbal irony deals with saying the opposite of what one means, therefore revealing the true intention. The most obvious example would be the title of the play we just read, “The Importance of Being Earnest.” Neither one of the boys were sincere or serious, they were simply not ernest... I mean Earnest! ;)
ReplyDeleteSituational irony is when a character finds himself in a situation opposite to that which one expects. An example would be the situation in which Tess finds herself after leaving home. While her family is relieved, believing the D'Urbervilles will resolve their financial problems, it turns out Alec and his family are a big hoax.
Dramatic irony is when the reader knows something the character doesn't. Hamlet has several of these moments. For instance, when the queen drinks the cup containing the poison, or when the sword has been fixed with poison.
Cinthya Castro
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Verbal irony is when someone says something, and the intended meaning is the opposite of what was actually said. Verbal irony can consist of such literary devices as puns, entendres, and epigrams. The title of The Importance of being Earnest is in fact a form of verbal irony. “Earnest” is a pun for the name Ernest. The play shows the irony in being Ernest and how tactile the name Ernest really is. Dramatic irony is when the reader view actions and words of the characters differently than the other characters in the story do because the reader knows more than the characters. An example of this is when Jack returns to his country home to express that his brother has died. Some of the characters believe this while others believe that his brother, who is not his brother, but ends up being his brother, is in the house. The audience knows that Algy is not his brother, or believe to be his brother at the time and that the other characters have been fooled. Situational irony is when an actual outcome or ending is very different from what everyone expected it to be. The end of The Importance of being Earnest is a perfect example of situational irony. Nobody expected to find out Jack’s name was in fact Ernest, Algy was his brother, Lady Bracknell was Jack’s aunt, and Ernest would still wish to marry his cousin.
ReplyDeleteVerbal irony saying the opposite of what you mean and reveals intention. A great example is the tea party between Gwendolen and Cecily where they are hating each other yet trying to maintain the opposite style and composure and high society women.
ReplyDeleteSituational irony is defined as when a character finds him/herself in a situation opposite to what they expect. An exmaple could be found in Tess of the D'Ubervilles when Tess is helping her family with errands on the horse and accidently falls asleep and wakes up in an accident where the family horse dies. She didn't expect herself in such a situtaion and now has to pay for it by visiting her lost family.
Dramatic irony is when the reader knows something the character doesn't. An exmaple is in The Importance of Being Earnest, where all the readers know that Jack and Algy are pretending to being called Ernest, and this is not known to any of the characters until the end of the play.
Francheska Periche
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ReplyDeleteThe use of verbal irony is the art of saying the opposite of what you mean, therefore revealing your true intentions. In The Importance of being Earnest, the conversation between Jack and Algernon while eating muffins is a prime example. When Algernon says "I am particularly fond of muffins.", this is one of the many puns for sex, revealing the somewhat shift in conversation.
ReplyDeleteSituational irony is when a character finds him/herself in a situation opposite to the one they expected. In the play Hamlet, Polonius initially seeks to spy on Hamlet and Gertrude's conversation to find out what's wrong with Hamlet. He never expects that those words would be the last he hears, and is unfortunately killed.
Dramatic irony is when the reader has insight on information that the character does not know. In Hamlet, the reader knows that the cup and sword are poisoned, but Hamlet does not find out until it leads him to his own demise.
Verbal Irony could be defined as a figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant. For example in the Scarlet Letter Dismmesdale confesses to the group of people that he is a great sinner—being that he had sexual relations with a woman to whom he is not married. However the people take what he says completely differently saying that if he could find sin in himself then they must be truly horrid people. Verbal Irony is in this piece from The Scarlet Letter because Dismmesdale intended for the people to blame him rather than Hester, but instead the people do completely different.
ReplyDeleteSituational Irony is the dissimilarity between what is expected and what actually happens. An example of situational Irony is in Tess of the D’Ubervilles is when Tess is send to the D’Ubervilles. The idea was to make the D’Ubervilles take a liking to her and marry Alec D’Ubervilles but what ends up happening is that Alec D’Ubervilles rapes her and gets her pregnant.
Dramatic Irony is irony that is essential in a situation of drama and is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the dramatic piece. For example dramatic irony is present in Tess of the D’Ubervilles when Tess goes to the D’Ubervilles, the audience as well as Alec and his mother are aware that they are not really D’Ubervilles they just adopted the name. Alec’s real last name is Stoke, however the only persons not aware of that fact is Tess, her family and the other town folks.
Georgette Taluy
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Verbal irony is a statement that is said by the speaker that means something totally opposite of what is said. An example of verbal irony is in Hamlet when Ophelia says, “By Cock, they are to blame. /Quoth she, “Before you tumbled me, /You promised me to wed.” the verbal irony is when she says “cock” which is God but in reality what she meant was penis. She by God they are to blame. But really that’s not what she meant although that’s what she said.
ReplyDeleteSituational irony is an outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected. An example of situational irony is in “The Importance of Being Earnest” is the idea of “Bunburying”. Bunburying is a person that Algy created that was sickly who lived in the country. Algy would go bunburying when he wanted to get out of boring family and friends dinner. He gets himself into a sticky situation while he went “bunburying” and instead went to see Cecily.
Dramatic irony is when speeches or a situation of a drama is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play. An example of Dramatic irony in The Importance of Being Earnest is when Jack denied ever having a brother but toward the end of the play he finds out that Algernon is actually was he brother and he went wild with happiness that he actually had a brother.
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Situational irony is saying the opposite of what you mean and therefore reveal your intention. An example of situational irony is when Jack tells everyone back in country that his brother, Ernest has died of a severe chill and Cecily comes to inform Jack moments after about the arrival of his brother Ernest while he was out of town.
ReplyDeleteDramatic irony is when the reader knows something that the character does not. An example of dramatic irony is within the play, Hamlet. Claudius plans to kill Hamlet with Laertes. The reader knows that the glass was filled with and the sword has poison while Gertrude and Hamlet, along with the rest of the kingdom who came to watch the fencing match did not.
Verbal irony is when a character finds him/herself in a situation opposite to his expectations. An example of verbal irony is when Jack is speaking with Gwendolen about the possibility of his name being Jack. He asks her what she thinks of his name Jack. Upon her response he confides in her that he doesn’t “much care about the name of Ernest” or that it “suits” him. This fits under the category of verbal irony because his whole intent of the conversation is to try to reveal to Gwendolen his real name, but he does feel that Ernest suits him well, otherwise he would not have created the persona as his personal escape from his role as Jack.
Cassie Block 4
Verbal irony is when a character says the opposite of what is meant to reveal a contrasting point.In Macbeth, after the murder of Duncan Lennox and Macbeth converse about the terrible weather. Macbeth responds to Lennox's observations with "twas a rough night" which is really in reference to his evil deed of murdering Duncan.
ReplyDeleteSituational irony is when a character finds him/herself in a situation opposite to that which one expects. Macbeth in the last act goes into battle with the idea that he can not die because the witches told him that no man of woman born can harm him. However Macbeth finds himself in battle with Macduff whom was born by a cesarean section, thus not technically woman born. Macbeth certainly finds himself in a situation other than he expected and dies for his overconfidence and power hungry ambition.
Dramatic irony is when the reader knows something the character does not. Romeo and Juliet is the classic example as Romeo kills himself with the idea that Juliet has died, though the reader is aware she is only drugged to sleep.
Ayanna Spencer
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Situational irony is when something happens that is the exact opposite of what is expected to happen. An example of this is when, in Brave New World, the people considered "savages" are actually much more culture than those in society, who grew up devoid of any art or substance.
ReplyDeleteVerbal irony is when a character says the exact opposite of what is meant to reveal a purpose. This is evident in Tess of the d'Urbervilles whenever Alec calls Tess his "cousin". They are not really cousins, and in reality, Alec only views Tess as an object for his lust, not as a cousin.
Dramatic irony is when the audience knows something the sudience does not. This is present in Shakespeares Richard the Third, when Richard's brother Clarence is unaware of his brother's ruthless ambition and plans to kill him.
Verbal irony is when you say the opposite of what you mean which reveals your true feeling. An example of verbal irony is when Lady Bracknell says that Gwendolyn is "a girl with a simple, unspoiled nature" as she goes on to argue what Jack needs to provide for her, showing that she is the exact opposite.
ReplyDeleteSituational irony is when the character is in a reverse or unexpected situation in a novel, movie, etc. An example of situational irony is the story "The Most Dangerous Game" and Hamlet, "hoist by your own petard".
Dramatic irony is when the reader or viewer knows something the character does not. An example of this would be in Romeo and Juliet when Juliet is drugged, not dead, but only the audience knows.
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ReplyDeleteVerbal irony- is saying the opposite of what one really means, thereby revealing your point. Ex: In The Importance of Being Earnest, when Cecily and Gwendolen are politely arguing after they have just found out that they think they are in love with the same man, they use verbal irony to present there true feeling while never actually saying what they mean and still being proper.
ReplyDeleteSituational irony- is when a character is in a reversed or unexpected situation. Ex: When Claudius poisons the King Hamlet and then his plan is ruined by Hamlets ghost, Hamlet ends up killing Claudius with poison; Claudius’ plan went haywire and he is killed just as the King Hamlet was killed.
Dramatic irony- is hen the reader knows something about the character that everyone else in the piece of literature doesn’t know. EX: In The Shipping News, the reader knows that the aunt is a lesbian but Quoyle doesn’t know, at least at this point in the book. By the reader knowing a part of the aunt’s life that the other characters in the book don’t know it is an example of dramatic irony.
Verbal irony is the use of irony when something is said but actually means the opposite . One such example is when Algernon talks to lane about marriage . He makes fun of Lane referring to marriage as "pleasant" and having been married once , when his lifestyle is the truly wrong one .
ReplyDeleteSituational irony is when a characters is in an unexpected situation . An example of this is in The Song of Solomon , when he hits his father . When he was younger , he feared his father and thought he was so big . But now , he's the same height and no longer fears him .
Dramatically irony occurs when the reader knows something that the character doesn't . An example of this is when Milkman talks about his name and it's origin . We know the origin of his name and the nasty truth but he is at a lost .
Verbal irony is when someone actually means the opposite of what they say. It often reveals either the author's or the character's true meaning. An example of verbal irony in Brave New World is when John describes the civilized world as a "brave new world, that has such people in it." The people to whom he is referring are the overly conditioned, bland, people completely lacking in individuality who consider themselves more advanced then him, who they dub a 'savage.'
ReplyDeleteSituational Irony is when a character finds him/herself in the opposite situation of the one they expected to be in. In Brave New World, Bernard invites the headmistress of Eton and the Arch-Songster of Canterbury to his apartment to see the savage. As a result, Bernard expects his social status to rise. Instead, John refuses to leave his room and thus thrusts Bernard into a precarious social position, not the advantageous one he had expected.
Dramatic irony occurs when the audience is aware of something that the characters in the story are not aware of, or when the audience understands the true meaning of a scene while the characters do not. An example of dramatic irony occurs in Macbeth. Macduff travels south to London to encourage Malcolm to raise an army to fight against Macbeth's tyrannical rule. Macduff is happy when Malcolm assures his that he is doing so. However, the audience knows (although the characters do not) that Macduff's happiness will be short lived because his entire family has been brutally slaughtered as a result of his trip to England.
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Verbal irony is used to describe something that is the opposite. For example, in The Importance of Being Earnest, Jack declares that he "has no brother, and never will." However, this quotation becomes ironic as in the end, he finds out that Algernon is indeed his younger brother. This type of irony revolves around actions performed by characters and people that in the end turn out to be the total opposite.
ReplyDeleteSituational irony is when a character finds himself in the opposite setting or events. This can be expressed as in Hamlet when Gertrude drinks from the poisoned chalice, and at the end when Claudius is forced to drink as well, as the poison was planned for Hamlet, yet it caused the death of his mother and step-father.
Dramatic irony is when the readers or audience knows something that the main character or characters do not. For example, in Romeo and Juliet, the audience/readers know that Juliet has taken a sleeping potion, whereas Romeo believes that she is dead. This knowledge often creates chaos and confusion within the characters, but is known beforehand by the audience.
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