Irony in Early Critical Comedy |
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Acharnians actually alazōn Alchemist antagonist Aristophanes audience audience's Bacchae Bartholomew Fair basic becomes Ben Jonson character comedist concerned course critical comedy critical purpose Cynthia's Revels deceived deception definition detachment device discussion downfall dramatic dupes effect eiron elements Elizabethan emotional employed Epicoene essentially Euripides example expectation fact fate folly fools foreknowledge frequently function Greek and Elizabethan Hamlet Humour ignorance important intellectual intent intrigue plot ironic event ironist irony of event Jonson Jonsonian kind of verbal kinds of irony knaves Lamachus laughter least less logic London Lysistrata Magnetic Lady means mock moral nature negative normally normative occurs Oedipus Old Comedy outcome particular Pentheus Pheidippides play playwright Plutus pretending primary prologue punishment relation remark revealed ridiculous Roman comedy satiric says seen sense significance simply situation social Socrates specific spectator speech Strepsiades suggest technique theatre Thesmophoriazusae things tragedy tragic hero types usually verbal irony victim Volpone word