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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

it is ironic when there ... in the window seat in ''Arsenic and Old Lace''

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01b01font00''Irony can be dramatic -- when the audience knows something that one or all of the characters on the stage do not know; for instance, it is ironic when there is a body in the window seat in 01i00Arsenic and Old Lace02i00.''02font02b02br
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0'Dramatic Irony' - when the audience knows something the character doesn't.02br
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00In the example given, the audience knows there is a body in the window seat, but the characters don't (yet!).0-
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0 What is 01i00Arsenic and Old Lace02i00? 0-
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0It's the name of a play. Google it.0-
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11b11font10... for instance, it is ironic when there is a 11font10body12font10 in the window seat in 11i10Arsenic and Old Lace12i10.12font12b12br
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001. Yes, a cadaver. 02br
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00 2. The01b00 frame02b00 of the window. 02br
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00 a 01b00chair02b00 placed at the window. 02br
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00 I don't know the play, so I can't tell which is used in the context. 02br
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