Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Two Word Phrase that Represents Dramatic Irony to the Reader and Verbal Irony when Mary Warren turns on Proctor

During Act III Mary Warren strikes against Proctor before she suffers an accusation against witchcraft. In the quotations that are provided there is both dramatic and verbal irony that the reader can identify. The two word phrase that represent dramatic irony is when Abigial is said to reach out to Mary Warren with "infinite charity". The reader knows that Abigail is not generous and puts forth no such infinite charity to anyone. She threatens each girl to not say anything or she will otherwise kill them in the outmost worse way. Although she makes an act that brings about a charitable sense of emotion to the people of Salem we know that she is not a good person. Also located within the quotations is an immense amount of verbal irony. Mary Warren tries to turn the table on Proctor by saying that she does not go his way anymore. Proctor, in reality, never forced Mary Warren to sign a paper concluding what she would say to the courts nor has he abusively forced her to do anything. Also, Mary may love God but she does not execute to a woman of religious standards when she is pointing fingers at innocent people. We know that she is exactly like the rest of the girls; just putting on an act. Everyone else is wildy intrigued by the statement Mary Warren makes and is accustomed to automatically believe that she is innocent and being afflicted and tortured by John Proctor. These quotations provide great detail to allow a reader to carry out both verbal and dramatic irony.

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