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IRONY, rhetoric. A term derived from the Greek, which signifies
dissimulation. It is a refined species of ridicule, which, under the mask of
honest simplicity or ignorance, exposes the faults and errors of others, by
seeming to adopt or defend them.
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| He does not discuss Mark's heavy use of dramatic irony, where the audience knows things that the characters in the story do not. To watch Aloysius and Flynn go through the motions of courtesy (while knowing what's boiling under the surface) is to experience an inspired moment of dramatic irony. It is heavy with dramatic irony right now, every time you mention gay marriage. |
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