Dramatic Monologue And Irony 16205j

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A single person, who is patently not the poet utters the speech that makes up whole of the poem, in a specific critical moment

Features The main principle controlling the poet͛s choice and formulation of what the lyric speaker says is to reveal to the reader that, in a way that enhances its interest, the speaker͛s temperament and character.

The person addresses and interacts with one or more other people; but we know the auditor͛s presence and what they say and do, only from the clues of the discourse of single speaker









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|EFINITION

In literature, it is a technique of indicating, as through character or plot development, an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually or ostensibly stated.

This is a relatively modern use of the term, and describes a discrepancy between the expected result and actual results when enlivened by perverse appropriateness.

it means that the reader/watcher/listener knows something that one or more of the characters in the piece is not aware of.

|ramatic irony

½ituational irony

2 Verbal irony a statement in which the meaning that a speaker employs is sharply different from the meaning that is ostensibly expressed.

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