Dramatic Irony Twelfth Night

William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a tragic story about two lovers who are from two disputing families, and their eventual suicides. Shakespeare uses dramatic irony throughout the play to create tension for the audience and foreshadow the ending. Dramatic irony is when the words or actions of characters in a story have a different meaning to the reader than to the characters. This is because the reader knows something that the characters do not. Romeo and Juliet’s death could have been prevented if the characters in the story weren’t so ignorant of their situations, and often times the reader recognizes this.

     Looks can be deceiving, and in the case of Sir Andrew and Feste the fool, the

They deceived themselves and/or the characters that are around them. There are certain characters in the play where their emotion of love is true, and the two people feel very strongly toward one another. Viola's love for Orsino is a great example of true love in

In the play Othello, Shakespeare uses many literary devices to help the reader understand the theme of the story. One of those many literary devices used in the play, is the wide range of irony. Throughout the pages of the book the reader will see the use of dramatic, situational, and verbal irony. Shakespeare does not use irony in an understated way, it is very direct, and can be found on almost every page of the book. The use of irony creates suspense, and adds interest as to what will happen.

-Shakespeare employs dramatic irony in many of his tragedies, so that the audience is engaged, and so they are able to witness characters errors in their action, predict the fate of the characters, and experience feelings of tragedy and grief.

The use of irony in the play A Midsummer Night's Dream Is almost ironic some might say. Two examples of this are when was hit with the mystical love flower and fell in love with bottom, or when bottom refused the main character in the play he was performing. Now there are three types of irony verbal irony, which is saying the opposite of what you truly mean, Situational irony, is when something happens and it is the opposite of what you expected to happen, And last but not least dramatic irony. Dramatic irony is when a viewer of a show, play or movie knows something that the character in the show does not.

Realizing that her disguise has produced unexpected results, Viola makes an allusion to the Gordon knot in order to describe the perceived difficulty of extricating herself from the confusion. Viola, in the act of reinterpreting herself as a man for the main purpose of protection, has found herself the body from which other characters can derive their own interpretations.

Twelfth Night, a play constructed by William Shakespeare, revolves around a chaotic misconception of love. Well known for the way he presents love stories, among other skillful attributes, it is the use of dramatic irony within the play causes that confusion amongst the characters as to who they should love. To truly understand the play, there must be an understanding of dramatic irony. This type of irony consists of knowledge that is prevalent amongst the audience and possibly a character within the play, meanwhile the rest of the characters are left clueless to vital information. In this play, the one character who holds the most knowledge is Viola, who is known as Cesario while secretly dressed as a man.

A love triangle occurs when we find out that Viola falls in love with Orsino, which makes the triangle between Olivia, Orsino, and Cesario/Viola. What is amusing and comedic about this is that neither of these

Emma Rice revamps Shakespeare’s comedy Twelfth Night into a dazzling musical production, full of modern twists and references that encompass the original core of the play. In this eccentric production, comedy and music take center stage, supported by technical factors such as set, lighting, and sound, but brought to life by brilliant costuming, wondrous music, and the superb acting and singing abilities of the cast. Rice takes several liberties with the original structure and text of the play, manipulating roles and dialogue to fit the comedic understandings of a modern audience. While this removes some of playwright’s genius wit and style, it seemed necessary in order to relay the overall humor and mood of the play that would otherwise be

In his play A Midsummer Night’s Dream, William Shakespeare weaves a comedy full of madness and myth. Many of the characters of the play are caught between the world of humans and the world of fairies, causing magic and mischief to run rampant. Although labeled as a comedy, some of the characters in the play are more tragically inclined. The play is divided into a group of humorously dramatic characters, the lovers, and hopelessly comedic characters, the actors.

Most of William Shakespeare's humour in "Twelfth Night" is from a comic device called dramatic irony. For example, "By my life, this is my lady's hand!"

Viola (masked as Cesario) rapidly turns into a most loved of Orsino, who makes Cesario his page. Viola ends up going gaga for Orsino—a troublesome love to seek after, as Orsino trusts her to take care of business. Yet, when Orsino sends Cesario to convey Orsino's adoration messages to the contemptuous Olivia, Olivia herself falls for the excellent youthful Cesario, trusting her to take care of business. The adoration triangle is finished: Viola cherishes Orsino, Orsino adores Olivia, and Olivia cherishes Cesario—and everybody is hopeless.

One reason why Twelfth Night reinforces the class system is because of the representation of satisfying the audience to please them. In the 16th century, audiences looked for comedy as an option for entertainment. Twelfth Night brought upon these amuses through the use of Sir Toby and Maria. The play created chaos by mixing up the classes and putting the “wrong” people together. Maria is Olivia lady in waiting while Sir Toby is one of Olivia's kinsman who by the end of the play end up together. At the moment since Maria is waiting for her rank she does not have a title and she picked the man to be wedded to. Usually, the countess picks a suitable man for her ladies to be married to, allowing for little progression to be made. Readers and critics assume since Sir Toby is drunk for every hour of the day his title of being a knight does not really define who he is and is acceptable for him to end up with anyone he pleases to. From “Rethinking Sexuality and Class in Twelfth Night.” author Nancy Lindheim writes, “It offers a reason other than cynicism or folly for his [Sir Toby] marrying Maria: who could be more suitable for him than 'as witty a piece of Eve's flesh as any in Illyria' (1.5.27)?...Sir Toby's circumstances, intelligence, and wit might then encourage us to think that it can happen”. More specifically, Lindheim means that the play does show little hope on the change of the social class system since Sir Toby was looking for somebody with wit and not just beauty. This

As the story continues, the plot gets more confusing because Lady Olivia begins to develop deep feelings for Cesario who is actually Viola. This creates the love triangle. Viola is falling in love with Duke Orsino, but he thinks Viola is a young man. Duke Orsino is in love with Lady Olivia, and Lady Olivia is developing feelings for Cesario, who is Viola in disguise. It is complicated because everyone is in love with someone who loves someone else. This love triangle is based on lies and deceit all