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Definition of Dramatic Irony
Dramatic irony is a plot device often used in theater, literature, film, and television to highlight the difference between a character's understanding of a given situation, and that of the... read full definition
Dramatic irony is a plot device often used in theater, literature, film, and television to highlight the difference between a character's understanding of a given... read full definition
Dramatic irony is a plot device often used in theater, literature, film, and television to highlight the difference between a... read full definition
Act 1: Scene 4
Explanation and Analysis—Two Hundred Miles:
Troy is a known exaggerator and unreliable narrator of his own life. Wilson explores the drawbacks of this trait through dramatic irony in Act 1: Scene 4, when the audience realizes that Lyons is no more sure than they (the audience members) are regarding when to believe Troy's biographical stories:
TROY: I got up from the creek and walked on down to Mobile. I was through with farming. Figured I could do better in the city. So I walked the two hundred miles to Mobile.
LYONS: Wait a minute . . . you ain’t walked no two hundred miles, Pop. Ain’t nobody gonna walk no two hundred miles. You talking about some walking there.
BONO: That’s the only way you got anywhere back in them days.
LYONS: Shhh. Damn if I wouldn’t have hitched a ride with somebody!
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