FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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Dramatic Irony
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A pun
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Karma
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Verbal Irony
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Detailed explanation-1: -Another example of dramatic irony is connected with Hamlet pretending to be mad. To hide his plan for revenge, he makes Claudius believe that he is insane. His friends, Marcellus and Horatio, and the readers know he is pretending, which creates an irony.
Detailed explanation-2: -The fact that Claudius killed the King by pouring poison into his ear while he was asleep was revealed to Hamlet in the very first Act of the play. The only ones who initially know of this are Hamlet and the audience. Hamlet also knows that Claudius does not know that he knows of the murder.
Detailed explanation-3: -SARAH: The very setting of this scene is full of dramatic irony-as King, Queen and Royal Counsellor are making plans to find out what’s going on with the Prince, so Hamlet is observing them, also wanting to know what the King knows, and to what extent Polonius is implicated.
Detailed explanation-4: -The irony all belongs to Polonius; he is there to trap Hamlet and finds himself trapped instead. He has said he will silence himself, and he is indeed silenced. There is both simple irony and dramatic irony. The Ghost’s invisibility to Gertrude raises the question of Hamlet’s sanity.