Examples Of Verbal Irony In The Crucible

Everyone has a sense of expectation and a sense of reality. Unfortunately, high expectations do not always match reality. Irony, which highlights the differences between the two, is an often misused and misunderstood literary device that can work wonders when used correctly. It can add tension and build suspense, but in The Crucible, Arthur Miller uses it to prove points. The Crucible recounts the true story of the Salem Witch Trials, a frantic witch hunt in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. Countless citizens were accused and hung, with many accusations fabricated purely out of distaste for one’s neighbor, acquaintance, or even friend. Miller uses the trials, which the participants intended to purify Salem, to underscore the imperfect

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.

In “The Crucible”, Arthur Miller uses dramatic irony to create anxiety, frustration and to demonstrate the tension between the people about the lies of witchcraft in Salem.

In “The Cask of Amontillado,” Edgar Allen Poe uses several examples of verbal irony. Verbal irony is when one character says something but actually means something different. One example is on page 288 when Montresor says “My dear Fortunato, you are luckily met. How remarkably well you are looking to-day.” This is verbal irony because he does not really mean that he is looking well, and this sentence starts the ensuing parts of Montresor luring the intoxicated Fortunato into the catacombs, which begins the start of the suspenseful reader waiting to see if Montresor will fulfill his mission.. Another example in the story of verbal irony is on page 289 when Fortunato has the cough, and Montresor insists on going back, saying that his health is precious, when he really means that he wants his health to decline and for him to die. “We will go back; your health is

An unknown author once stated that a cautious statement to live by is “If you do right nobody remembers, but if you do wrong nobody forgets” (SayQuotable). Clearing your own name after something traumatic happens is next to impossible. One small mistake is the difference from being hated and living normally. The Crucible by Arthur Miller paints a bright picture in our heads on what doing wrong may do for you in life and the chaos it shall bring. Arthur Miller also works in great literary devices. Arthur Miller’s novel The Crucible is great literature because it has descriptive characterization, colorful imagery, powerful themes, and flowing figurative language.

There are many examples of irony in The Crucible, one example of situational irony is when Reverend Hale is at the Proctor’s house and wants to know if the Proctors know the 10 Commandments. Reverend Hale asks Elizabeth Proctor is she can repeat the commandment and she is certain she can. When Reverend Hale asks John Proctor if he can repeat the commandments, he hesitates and this leads Reverend Hale to ask John to repeat them. John remembers 9 of the 10 Commandments and even says one twice. “He counts back on how fingers, knowing one is missing. ‘Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image’, Hale: ‘You have said that one twice sir’, John: ‘Aye’ he is flailing for it, Elizabeth: ‘Adultery, John’” (Miller 1243). The one sin that be cannot remember is the one that he broke.

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

They say when you tell one lie, more lies are told to back it up. In the movie, The Crucible, the Puritans are shocked by the devil being brought into their town. In this paper, you will learn that there is a great amount of irony. If you had to live in a Utopian, where sinning is one of the worst things you can do, do you think you would lie?

But most of all he inherently produces the idea of irony. Irony in his story brings his setting to life and creates a deep understanding that the reader can constantly interpret. Within the play “The Crucible”, Arthur Miller uses various ideas of irony to aid to his effectual and powerful story. The voice of irony, in nearly every act of “The Crucible” is consistently

Situational irony is a twist in the story. Verbal irony is when a speaker or character says the opposite of what they actually meant. It can also be implied as sarcasm. Dramatic irony is when the audience, along with certain characters on stage, is aware of a particular piece of information which is hidden from another character. All these

In act 5 of Romeo and Juliet, there were several examples of both verbal and situational irony. The first example was found in scene 1 when Balthasar brought Romeo news about Juliet. Romeo first asks “How doth my lady? Is my father well? /How doth my Juliet?

The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller in 1952, is symbolic and portrays many double meanings. These elements force the reader to uncover a deeper meaning behind what Miller writes. One of the most prominent symbols is in the title of the play; a ‘crucible’.

The name of the novel I chose is The Catcher in the Rye and was written by J.D. Salinger. The genre is a novel and the sub-genre is Bildungsroman. The novel takes place in New York in 1945, 5 years after WW2. The novel was first published on July 1951 by Little, Brown and Company. The protagonist and narrator of the novel is Holden Caulfield. Holden is a sixteen year old son of a wealthy New York family who repeatedly moves from boarding school to boarding school because of Holden’s inability to take school serious. Throughout the novel, we learn that Holden is a misanthrope teenager with high standards. Holden is conflicted is what he wants. He wants to remain that 13 year old kid he was once but society and his own body is telling him to change. He is attracted to the perks

Dramatic irony has a significant purpose in the play Macbeth, by setting an ominous tone. This form of irony is when the reader knows more than some of the characters in a story. Appearances can be deceiving, things are not always as they seem. Macbeth was forced by prophecy to kill King Duncan, though it was a hellish sin. After the witches had told Macbeth about his future, he had thoughts of murdering that was not there before. He was quoted to be in a daze, later in the play, his daze is shaken when he kills Duncan. Before this Lady macbeth had known of this plan, she proceeded to talk to Banquo on King Duncan and happy with his reign. “By the name of most hostess, and shut

Verbal irony, another form of irony, established by the contradiction between what is said and what is reality, can