Examples Of Dramatic Irony In Hamlet
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Dramatic irony is very abundant in Hamlet; it causes the audience to think about how the characters would react to certain situation that they already know. One of the most obvious and significant dramatic irony scenes is during act one scene five. Here, Hamlet finally meets and speaks to the ghost of his deceased father. The ghost tells Hamlet about his murder which causes Hamlet to become blinded with revenge. At this point, only Hamlet, the ghost and the audience know about this murder. Hamlet feels as if he should be the only one to avenge his father and the audience sympathizes with Hamlet. They sympathize for the loss of Hamlet’s father but now even more because his uncle was the one who murdered his father. Due to this, the audience