Tragedy

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English

 

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Margaret M

 

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March 12, 2015

 

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University

 

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One example of irony of irony found in tragedies is dramatic irony, which creates a double audience. The double audience is a literary device that depends upon the fact that in classical tragedies the audience already knows the myths and stories on which the play is based. In other words, the members in the audience know more about the characters and the situations played out on stage, than the actual actors do...
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One author who uses irony in his plays is Sophocles. In one of his most famous plays Oedipus Rex, there is an obvious sense of irony. In the play Oedipus Rex the story is based on the on the ancient Greek myths and stories that the audience already knows plenty about, therefore it is not acted out on stage...
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