When Gertrude hears the Player Queen say that she will not remarry if her husband dies, Gertrude says, “The lady protests too much, methinks.” Explain why this is an example of dramatic irony.

Which of the following pair of quotes BEST illustrates the dramatic irony present in Act 1, Scene 4?Elimination ToolSelect one answerA"Is execution done on Cawdor? Are notThose in commission yet returned?" (1.4.1-2)"I’ll be myself the harbinger and make joyfulThe hearing of my wife with your approach." (1.4.51-52)B"He diedAs one that had been studied in his deathTo throw away the dearest thing he owedAs ’twere a careless trifle." (1.4.9-12)"The Prince of Cumberland! That is a stepOn which I must fall down or else o’erleap" (1.4.55-56)C"The service and the loyalty I oweIn doing it pays itself." (1.4.25-26)"The rest is labor which is not used for you." (1.4.50)D"There’s no artTo find the mind’s construction in the face.He was a gentleman on whom I builtAn absolute trust." (1.4.13-16)"My worthy Cawdor." (1.4.54)

Read the following passage:It actually began as a way to prevent strong emotional attachments. Couples were assigned for the sole purpose of species survival. Children were reassigned to new families regularly. The Puppeteers went to great lengths to make sure we were isolated and fractured. But what they hadn't counted on was that this common tragedy would unite us — that instead of turning against one another, we would rally together. I was not allowed to raise my own son and daughter. But I would do my best to love and raise every displaced son and daughter who came through my home.What is one way the author uses irony to convey her message?A.By having the narrator raise children lovingly, she shows that these people are living in a fractured society.B.By having the oppressed families rally together, she shows that strong emotional attachments cannot be prohibited.C.By having Puppeteers assign families, she shows that those in control are abusing their power.D.By having couples join solely for the survival of the species, she shows that it is a difficult setting in which to survive.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

What is dramatic Irony?*1 pointWhere the characters know something the audience does notWhere the characters and audience know something bad is about to happen.Where the audience know something that the characters do not.

What is most closely the author’s argument in the passage below (paragraph 13)?Hamlet (the man) is dominated by an emotion which is inexpressible, because it is in excess of the facts as they appear. And the supposed identity of Hamlet with his author is genuine to this point: that Hamlet’s bafflement at the absence of objective equivalent to his feelings is a prolongation of the bafflement of his creator in the face of his artistic problem. Hamlet is up against the difficulty that his disgust is occasioned by his mother, but that his mother is not an adequate equivalent for it; his disgust envelops and exceeds her. It is thus a feeling which he cannot understand; he cannot objectify it, and it therefore remains to poison life and obstruct action. None of the possible actions can satisfy it; and nothing that Shakespeare can do with the plot can express Hamlet for him.Answer choices for the above questionA. Hamlet’s actions and emotions stretch the limits of believability.B. Making Gertrude more villainous would have improved the play.C. The image of Lady Macbeth walking in her sleep is one of the most famous in literature.D. Writers evoke emotion in the audience by presenting characters in action.

What does the verbal irony in this text suggest?He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food cake.—Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My LovelyHe was well fed.He stood out.Save answer