Examples Of Dramatic Irony In A Midsummer Night's Dream

“O spite! O hell! I see you all are bent to set against me for your merriment,” cried

Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream when she thought her friends were pranking her, but the readers knew that they were not (Shakespeare 3.2. 147-148). This is one example of the three different types of irony. The first type of irony is dramatic irony. Dramatic irony is where the readers, viewers or other characters know more about something than a certain character does.

The second type of irony is situational irony. Situational irony is where the opposite of what is expected to happen, happens. The last type of irony is verbal irony. Verbal irony is where someone says the opposite of what they mean. There are multiple examples of irony that occur in

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This scene is dramatic irony because the readers know he put the Juice in Lysander’s eyes, but Robin did not, he thought he put the juice in

Demetrius’s eyes. This scene helped create tension in the play because the readers knew it was the wrong person and are now left wondering who Lysander will fall in love with when he wakes up. Overall, this scene helped create tension for the readers, and is the last example of dramatic irony in the play.

The dramatic irony in A Midsummer Night’s Dream helped create humor and helped create tension for the readers throughout the play. Dramatic irony occurs in the play multiple times. One example is when Bottom’s head got turned into an ass’s head without him realizing it.

Another example is when Helena thought Lysander, Demetrius, and Hermia were all pranking her and lying to her when both Demetrius and Lysander confessed their love out of nowhere and

Hermia got angry because Helena stole Lysander’s love. The last example is when Robin thought he put the flower juice into Demetrius’s eyes, but he actually put the juice in Lysander’s eyes. In conclusion, the irony throughout this play helped create humor and create drama and tension for

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