Examples Of Situational Irony In The Crucible

The first example of situational irony would be Fortunato’s name, which means fortunate in Italian, an ironic name for someone who is about to be left in the catacombs to die. Another example of irony is when Montresor says, “It must be understood that neither by word nor deed had I given Fortunato cause to doubt my good will. I continued as was my wont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation” (Poe, 3). Obviously this is dramatic irony as Fortunato has no idea that Montresor is smiling because he will kill him rather than actually being happy to meet him. Also verbal irony is present when Montresor says,

When Elizabeth goes into the courtroom, she does not know John has confessed. This can be described as dramatic irony because the reader knows what Elizabeth does not. She lies for her first time by denying John and Abigail’s affair, abandoning her Puritan morals in order to protect her husband’s reputation. The truth would have saved John, but Elizabeth’s lie destroys him and causes the court to believe Abigail, which shows situational irony. Abigail has previously accused Elizabeth of witchcraft. Reverend Hale tries to calm John when Elizabeth is arrested. John alludes to the Bible and says, “Pontius Pilate! God will not let you wash your hands of this! without my name”(Miller 1285).

Irony is the expression of someone’s meaning by using language or actions that are the opposite. The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a fictional story based on the events of the Salem Witch Trials and the action of the townspeople causing chaos within their society. The theme throughout the play is that the townspeople’s actions to stop witchcraft consequently lead to more deaths of innocents. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the townspeople of Salem were ironically doing the work of the Devil because they were believing the lying girls because of hysteria and they refused to believe any opposition to the girl’s claims.

Dramatic irony is shown heavily throughout the story, as the reader connects with Mary as she goes through her whole plan on how to cover-up the murder. An example of dramatic irony that was shown is when the officers were eating the murder weapon and they didn’t even know except for Mary and the readers. I found the situational irony to be more dramatic because you would have never pictured a woman going from such a calm and loving state to one that killed her husband in the spur of the moment. It was shocking to me on how she had such a rapid change in attitude and how she was able to put on a smile

The first type of irony portrayed in The Crucible is verbal irony: when a character says one thing but has a completely different meaning than what they said. For example, as the court begins to corrupt in Salem, Reverend Hale begins to see the truth in Act III, and later, after he has had enough, finally quits the court at the end of the Act. Shortly after, during the beginning of Act IV, Hale is confronted by the corrupted judge after trying to convince the accused to lie in court in order to save their lives. When questioned by the judge, he replied, "I'm doing the devil's work". (1267) While he did admit to encouraging the victims to lie, and ultimately risking his own soul to hell, he did save lives from the noose, which leaves this question

Irony in The Crucible “There’s nothing more ironic or contradictory than life itself.” - Robert De Niro. In The Crucible, many ironic things happen. There are many different examples of verbal, dramatic, and situational irony in this play. Examples are Abigail’s lying, lying husbands and wives, and innocent people being persecuted.

Irony is the expression of someone’s meaning by using language or actions that are the opposite. The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a fictional story based on the events of the Salem Witch Trials and the action of the townspeople causing chaos within their society. The theme throughout the play is that the townspeople’s actions to stop witchcraft consequently lead to more deaths of innocents. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the townspeople of Salem were ironically doing the work of the Devil because they were believing the lying girls because of hysteria and they refused to believe any opposition to the girl’s claims.

Situational irony is “irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected.” In The Crucible, John Proctor's affair with his former employee, Abigail Williams, then prods Abigail to falsely accuse John's wife, Elizabeth, of demonic proprietorship. When John is asked to recite the Ten Commandments to justify his Christianity, he lists nine of them, and then repeats one. His wife, Elizabeth, then prompts him, “Adultery, John.” Ironically, John forgets the commandment that he has broken. This example of irony provides humorist relief and judgement into the fallacies of John's character.

I think the crucible was a tragic comedy because there were a lot of random sarcasm in this play and there were times when reading this play people wanted to laugh. I think the comedy part of this play was mostly because of the young girls like, Abigail Williams, Mary Warren, and Betty Paris. Mostly because they were playing sport and got literally the whole village to believe them. Another part of this play that was kind of a comedy is when people would freak out in the play when they heard about witchcraft, as if it were a real thing. That was the stupid thing in the whole play. I don’t really think this was much of a comedy but there were some parts in this play that was kind of funny. I think the tragic

Lila is finally able to communicate with Daphne’s tree, and it shares a gruesome tale. Without any valid evidence that she killed the Nethercotts, Daphne was hanged by her fellow servants, then dumped into a river by the Judge’s orders. Although the the letter claims that Eulie is the true murderer, the tree reveals it is actually Luke the gardener. He did not mean to cause harm; he simply wanted sicken the Nethercott children so that Daphne might be able to take care of them and not be sold away to work in the fields. Luke unknowingly led Daphne to her death even though he meant to save her. Sometime after her death, Daphne’s friend Isaac finds the letter and exposes Eulie, and she too is hanged.

“ Henry didn’t mind sitting in the back of the bus. But for some reason Sheldon seemed to resent it” (Ford 214).

In William Shakespeare’s drama Othello dramatic irony is refers to a situation in which events or facts not known to a character on stage are known to another character and the audience. There are many instances where dramatic irony is created in the play, the following sentences are some of them. The audience knows Iago is behind everything going awry but none of the other characters know until the end of the play. Othello accuses Desdemona of having an affair with Cassio, the audience and Iago knows this is untrue. Emilia tells Desdemona that she has not seen her beloved handkerchief but the audience and Iago know that she stole it.

Dramatic Irony – when an audience’s awareness of a situation is different than that of the characters’.

According to Literarydevices.net, irony is, "a situation that may end up in quite a different way than what is generally anticipate." Irony is a common literary archetype in which authors indicate a meaning that is different from the literal meaning or outcome. In literature, authors use two different types of irony. Dramatic irony, a situation in which the audience is more aware of the situation than the character, adds meaning to events by making the audience wonder how characters will react.. Situational irony is used when the situation turns out different than expected. Situational irony adds to the story by shocking the audience, and provoking deeper emotions. Both types of irony assist the audience in feeling more connection

Accordingly, in “The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer displays three specific forms of irony. One form of irony which is demonstrated in the selection is that of dramatic irony. Dramatic irony is a literary technique where the full significance of a character’s words or actions are clear to the audience or reader but are unknown to the character. In the “Pardoners Tale”, three men set out to kill death in revenge. During their journey, the second man makes a promise to keep the first man’s secret. The readers by this moment in time, know for a fact that this man’s word means absolutely nothing. As the journey progresses, the men abandoned their vow to kill death and instead claimed gold which was not theirs and are now conspiring to break the vow to divide the money equally. “That on my word, I nothing will betray” (Chaucer, 720). The statement “On my word”, turns out to be a statement depicting dramatic irony. By this time the audience knows that the man’s inability to keep his word, will in turn be the down fall and dramatic irony of the selection.