![]() According to the epigraph still, this: “…suggests a kind of belief that knows all about a given a situation” and it is this foolishness that costs him his life, and his family name. Specifically, it is Pentheus’s failure to, as the epigraph states, “…accept the absurdity of a situation” that leads to his downfall. ![]() Euripidies was able to harness the humor of irony, while Orwell was able to harness the darker-side of irony - lies taken as a universal truth, demonstrating the flexibility of this literary device.Įpigraph number one not only got me thinking about the ways in which irony can be implemented into a text, but also how, at least by the epigraph’s description, it serves as a driving feature in The Bacchae. ![]() ![]() The chapter(s) where Winston is being interrogated by O’Brian are particularly compelling in this regard. One can also include irony into a piece tragically, and the text which immediately comes to mind is George Orwell’s 1984. Pentheus: “You really want to spoil me don’t you?”ĭionysus: “To spoil you - yes, in my own way.” For example, one can include irony humorously via sarcasm, as seen in The Bacchae during the long exchange between Pentheus and Dionysus: ![]() Irony is my favorite literary device to read, simply because of the way it can be introduced into a piece. ![]()
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