T he basic meaning of irony is the difference between how things 'seem' to be and the reality
Nancy Pelosi 'seems' to be a right on Left leaning politician, recently she was caught in a coiffure type inflagrante. Is there not something
purifying about this?
But let us remove ourselves from the stench of the fetid swamp.
In Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Macbeth appears to be loyal to Duncan, but he is actually plotting his murder. Duncan doesn't know Macbeth's plans, but the audience knows what is going to happen.
George Orwell makes full use of dramatic irony in Animal Farm. Throughout the book the reader knows many crucial facts that the characters are not aware of. Such as the animals believing Boxer was sent to the hospital, when the reader knows the pigs sold him to the slaughter house and used the money to buy whiskey for themselves.
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