Doll House Essay
Nick Markel 9/25/06
Irony Mr. Evans
A Doll House contains many examples of irony, in many different forms. The main characters, Nora and Torvald, are mostly involved in this. Many of the examples of irony in this play, but not all, are types of dramatic irony. Dramatic irony usually refers to a situation in a play in which a character's knowledge is limited, and he or she comes upon something of greater significance than he or she knows. During the play, the majority of the dramatic irony displayed is between Nora and Torvald, with Torvald being the character whose knowledge is limited.
In the beginning of the play, when Mr. Krogstad is threatening to tell Torvald of Nora's secret, Nora pleads with him and asks him not to. She says to him that "It would be a rotten shame. That secret is all my pride and joy - why should he have to hear about it in this nasty, horrid wayÂ…hear about it from you" (). This is an example of irony......
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