FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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Situational Irony
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Dramatic Irony
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Satire
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Dramatic irony examples in literature We know she’s an imposter, but some characters do not. In Romeo and Juliet, the title characters commit suicide because they don’t know about each other’s plans. In Othello, the title character is led to believe his wife cheated on him – but we know she didn’t.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Dramatic irony: the audience knows the real reason why Juliet is crying: Romeo has been banished. Romeo returns to Verona. He find Juliet drugged, in a death-like sleep. He assumes she is dead and kills himself.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.