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A traffic cop gets their license suspended for unpaid parking tickets.
Situational--the would expect a cop to obey the law.
In Romeo and Juliet, the audience knows Juliet is only asleep, but Romeo thinks she’s dead.
Dramatic--we know something Romeo doesn't.
In Oedipus Rex, the audience knows Oedipus has fulfilled the prophecy long before he realizes it. What type of irony is this? Why?
Dramatic. The audience knows more than the character.
A student looks at a failing grade on their essay and mutters, “Well, that went well.”
Verbal--they say the opposite of what they mean. It did not go well.
At the beginning of Act II. John tells Elizabeth to pray for a fair summer. The audience already knows suspicion and hatred is brewing in Salem. What type of irony is this? Why?
Dramatic--the audience knows what the characters do not.
Elizabeth urges John to go see Cheever to help them, but Cheever is the one who comes to arrest her.
Situational--it is the opposite of what they hoped for.
John forgets the commandment against adultery. This is an example of which kind of irony? Why?
Situational--When Reverend Hale tests him, John Proctor can recite all the Ten Commandments—except the one he himself has broken.
Tituba "confesses" to witchcraft and is praised for being holy and good. This is an example of what kind of irony? Why?
Situational--This is ironic because telling the truth would have condemned her, while lying spares her.
When Abigail insists to Reverend Hale she has done nothing wrong yet we have already learned from Mary Warren that she drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor, this is an example of what kind of irony? Why?
Dramatic--the audience knows Abby is lying but the townspeople do not.
What type of irony is this and why?
Situational--you would expect the monster to be afraid of the boy and not the other way around.
What type of irony is this and why?
Dramatic--we know what is interfering with the reception on the woman's TV, but she doesn't.
What type of irony is this and why?
Verbal--the girl says she's trembling, but she isn't scared at all. She's being sarcastic.
What type of irony is this and why?
Verbal--the woman means the opposite of what she says. Santa Claus is generous but this man is stingy because he only tipped her a quarter.
What type of irony is this and why?
Verbal--the speaker means the opposite because Jim fell down the stairs (he's clumsy)
What type of irony is this and why?
Situational--the the man was trying to trap the beaver he got trapped BY the beaver (opposite of expectation)
What type of irony is this and why?
Situational--the chicken is carrying away the woman's baby (opposite of what you would expect!)
What type of irony is this and why?
Dramatic--the man doesn't know he is about to get a pie in the face, but the audience doe
What type of irony is this and why?
Dramatic--they're so busy singing they don't see the waterfall.
What type of irony is this and why?
Dramatic--we see the sign but he doesn't OR Situational--snakes don't have legs to kick!
What type of irony is this and why?
Dramatic Irony--we know what's happening to the ants but they don't!
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