What is dramatic irony in a midsummer night's dream?

Answer 1

Situational irony is when the outcome is different from what is expected. An example of this from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is when Oberon orders Puck to put the juices from the flower, or the love potion, into Demetrius's eyes so that he will fall in love with Helena. The situational irony here is that Puck accidentally puts the love potion into Lysander's eyes, therefore making Lysander fall in love with Helena, and NOT Demetrius.

Answer 2

Situational is present because the audience does not expect the love potion to be put on Lysander

Dramatic is present when the characters are under a spell but they don't know it and the audience does.

Answer 3

Here are two examples:

"Lord, what fools these mortals be!" 3.2 115

This is verbal irony because the lovers Puck are describing are not really fools, but victims of the love potion. If anything, it's Puck who's the fool because he caused it all

"It is the wittiest partition that ever I heard" 5.1 159

This is a better example of verbal irony. Lysander is being sarcastic about Bottom's horrible and comical play.

Answer 4

Dramatic irony in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" occurs when the audience knows something that the characters do not, leading to humorous misunderstandings and situations. For example, when Puck mistakenly applies the love potion to the wrong person, resulting in chaos and confusion among the lovers. This creates tension and comedy as the characters navigate their relationships in ignorance of the truth known to the audience.

Answer 5

When Bottom, having frightened away his friends by looking like a donkey, says "This is to make an ass of me!" We know, but he doesn't, that this is literally true.

Answer 6

no