Examples Of Dramatic Irony In Shakespeare's Plays

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Don Pedro believes strongly in love and marriage, and he himself is single. Then there is Benedict who is the polar opposite, but also single. It makes sense why most of the soldiers want marriage and love after witnessing pain during the war. And yet Benedict preservers and is clearly the odd goat out from the group. Which is ironic because Beatrice is the odd woman out too. They share a lot common, maybe the most in common out of all the characters, and yet they cannot stand to be together. Irony is in most of Shakespeare’s plays and it creates a real lifeness to the plays and makes them easier to believe. And painful to watch people to make mistakes when the audience knows more than the character. It’s hard to be powerless but it makes one think about their life because it does happen in life. In this play Shakespeare’s use of
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Which means that the person argues too much about the subject. Beatrice is the person, and Benedict is the subject. She talks constantly about his flaws to all who will listen which means that he must constantly be on her mind. She cannot stop herself from talking about him in a bad manner, much like if one is infatuated with a person they talk about them constantly but in a good manner, usually. But when it comes to Beatrice she thinks that she doesn 't like him because all she can see is everything she hates about him but she might be doing that to protect herself from falling in love. She might be trying to stop herself from like him by pointing out all the wrong things she can see in him. Not letting a good thing about him slip into her mind, “they will not admit any good part”. There is another saying that goes, “opposites attract”. Beatrice and Benedict are opposite in many ways but also quite similar to each other in many ways, they both care about their friends deeply, they are both quick witted, and they are both strong

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