"Willy I made the last payment on the house today. Today, dear. And there'll be nobody home.. We're free and clear... We're free. We're free... We're free....." (II, p.1630).
In this blog, I am going to speak of the constant reminders of dramatic irony in this play. First off, this play is filled with dramatic irony. The quote above definitely displays this as well. For example, Willy spent his entire life trying to be successful, but he always viewed himself as a failure. However, at the end of the play, they had all of their house payments paid off. He actually WAS successful and did not know it. If he would have just opened his eyes up to the actual wonders of his life instead of blaming everyone else for his failures, he would have witnessed the good things in his life. He wuld have realized how much he had going for him. Also, Happy is the most ungrateful person out of all the characters. This is ironic because his name is Happy. Another example is the fact that if the woman that Willy was having an affair with would not have laughed, Biff would not have heard her. If Biff would not have heard her, he would have been successful. Finally, Willy says that everytime he pays something off, he can no longer use it. He pays off his house at the end and can no longer use it because he dies. Woah! Irony.
this is incorrect understanding of the term DRAMATIC IRONY...what you speak of hear is regular IRONY...dramatic irony is when the audience knows certain things that other characters do not know...
ReplyDeletethis is incorrect understanding of the term DRAMATIC IRONY...what you speak of hear is regular IRONY...dramatic irony is when the audience knows certain things that other characters do not know...
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