The Crucible - Act 3

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Examples of Irony in Act III

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True

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Types of irony

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3

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Example of:

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Verbal irony

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Arrested for dealing with the devil

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John Proctor

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Pretends to see a yellow bird

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Abigail Williams

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Girls pretend Mary is bewitching them (Act 3)

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True

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John's confession of adultery

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Saved Elizabeth: True

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Expected outcome subverted

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Situational irony

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When the reader knows something a character does not

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Dramatic Irony

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Statement with different meaning than spoken

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Verbal Irony