Examples Of Verbal Irony In The Crucible

Fear stalks humanity wherever it goes. It feeds on our panic and uncertainty. This is seen throughout 1692, the 1950s, and the present, when a leader with great power creates a solution to a problem that people did not even know they had to fear people begin to fear as well as the cycle of innocent people falsely confessing adding to the fear.

In William Shakespeare's romantic tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, the two main characters are people from enemy families, who fall deeply in love. Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare's most famous plays. Shakespeare uses many stylistic devices to create this tragedy but most importantly he uses irony to develop this tragedy. Verbal irony is used to create humor and relief the audience, While dramatic and situational irony are used for tragic effects. Irony can can be found throughout the play. Shakespeare uses 3 different kinds of Irony: Verbal, situational, and dramatic irony to create the tragedy know as Romeo and Juliet.

Fredrick Douglass said that “Once you learn to read you will forever be free”. Nothing could be truer, although it may seem to be false to those who dislike reading. Imagine a world where books are ban, sounds pretty cool. But when reading a story solely on such a concept, reading a book seems to be the only thing that would save humanity. In 1950 Ray Bradbury wrote a short story titled The Firemen for galaxy Science Fiction, which later he turned it into the novel titled Fahrenheit 451 in 1953. Ray Bradbury wrote an amazing book displaying a world in the absence of books which to this day still draws readers in, because he shows what life would be like if we continue in a society of censorship. Which is illustrated by his choice to include

“The crucible” is a book Miller wrote to connect with the Salem witchcraft trials that lead to an increase of mccarthyism in a play. The Crucible is split into four different acts. Act one begins off with Pariss thinking the girls and Abigail were doing witchcraft because they were together in the forest and Betty has been set to some type of colma. Act 2 is about Proctor’s affairs with Elizabeth and she prohibited Abigail from the farm land. Act 3 is when the trials begin , and many people like Elizabetha are accused of witchcraft. The last act ends very devastating because people like Giles and Proctor were innocent , but the court say otherwise all because the afflicted girls like Abigail , start accusing people with witchcraft to creates

The next type of noticeable irony in The Crucible is situational irony. This irony is defined as is a difference between what is expected to happen in a story versus what actually happens. One example of situational irony occurred for the accused: the punishment of the "witches". Will they die because they honestly claim they aren't witches or will they live a life of lying about their true witch identity? Goody Proctor was a genuine and honest person, and yet, she died with the truth that she was innocent of witchcraft. Which is truly more important: your desires or common morals? Another example of situational irony takes place in the courts of Act III, the sin of wrong-doing buried in the heart of John Proctor, when he finally admits he

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.

Fahrenheit 451 is a story about a fireman named Guy Montag. In this society, firemen, like Montag, burn books, rather than put out fires. As one could probably tell from the previous statement, examples of all types of irony could be found on every page in Fahrenheit 451, and most of this irony helped to reinforce themes that the author tried to develop. There are three main types of irony, verbal irony, dramatic irony, and situational irony. Verbal irony is when a character says one thing but means a different thing.

The Crucible “Irony is just honesty with the volume cranked up” (Saunders). Some may find a deep meaning in this instance. As irony captures the readers mind and interest, slowly taking them away from the real world and settling them into a fantasy. Arthur Miller undertakes this, in his insane world of Salem. He brings to life characters, and the fact that history repeats itself.

John Proctor is asked to name all the Ten Commandments to prove that he is a good Christian. He is able to name all of them except for adultery. He forgets about adultery being a sin and Elizabeth then reminds him. This is ironic because John Proctor had committed adultery and the reader and Elizabeth know this. It is comical, because the very thing he has committed, he forgets and his wife has to remind him about it. This example of irony also relates to my quote about morality. John knows what he has done is wrong and it shows in an ironic way. It contributes to the overall story and drama because it adds comic relief, and shows the faults of

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.

The first example of dramatic irony is when Odysseus and his men are sailing and encounter two Sirens. The reader knows that the men put wax in their ears, but the Sirens don't . When Odysseus put wax “laid it thick on their ears. They tied me up, then, plumb amidships, back to the mast, lashed to the mast, and took themselves again rowing. Soon, as we came smartly within hailing distance, the two Sirens, noted our fast ship off their point, made ready, and they sang”(Line 712-718).

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.

A reoccurring theme in the play Macbeth is the use of ironic events. Irony is an unexpected occurrence that takes the audience by surprise and generally means the opposite of what is expected. These contradictory events enhance the plot of a story and create suspense. Irony is portrayed multiple times in this play and is known for making the play so amusing. Unexpected incidents throughout the plot occur in scenes involving the witches’ prophecies, Macbeth’s crimes committed to become king, and the back-and-forth changes in the mindset of Lady Macbeth.

Irony is best defined as the usage of words in a way that is the exact opposite of their literal meaning. There are various forms of irony, including situation irony, in which people or things act the opposite that one would expect them to act in a given situation, or in which certain ideas are contrasted with those that are their exact opposite. Situation irony is readily demonstrated in William Safford's "Travelling through the Dark", Henry Reed's "Naming of Parts", and Gary Soto's "Behind Grandma's House". This literary device is the principle commonality between these works of literature, and plays a significant role in elucidating a common theme in which death and pain prevail.

Is the world today still withholding old social problems ? Problems that accrued centuries ago or is it just the fact of holding on to what you've always known all your life. Since the beginning of civilizations we all as people got along. What happened to the brotherly and sisterly love that god first created? Before people began to get so greedy and controlling everything was good.