Share some of your favorite examples of dramatic irony in Macbeth. Then think: why? What is the purpose of utilizing dramatic irony in a book, play, or movie? Why do it?
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Jordan Walkky
2/19/2016 08:16:32 am
My favorite example of dramatic irony in Macbeth is how Macbeth felt extremely guilty after killing Duncan yet he killed a ton of people in war. He even unmercifully cut a man in half! I think Shakespeare uses dramatic irony in this play is to give the reader a better look at Macbeth's character and to give them more knowledge on him than Macbeth does himself. This shows us as the reader how murderous Macbeth really is and what will come in the future. Most likely murder.
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Rachel Franzen
3/29/2016 05:12:55 pm
I agree with Jordan! I think that was one of my favorite examples of dramatic iron in Macbeth. Another one of my favorite examples is the fact that Lady Macbeth wanted to have all these people killed, and it was she who influenced Macbeth to start his murder spree, but she was the one to break by the end of the play because of her guilt. I think Shakespeare's use of dramatic irony is supposed to help us see that just because someone is said to be a great hero, they are not always as they are said to be. Just like how Macbeth was supposedly a great war hero, when in reality, he just ended up being a terrible person.
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Jack Hannack
4/4/2016 07:59:04 am
I agree with the irony of Macbeth feeling guilty after killing Duncan and then going on to kill several other people. A step further with this irony; however, is that Lady Macbeth was the opposite. She was all gung ho about killing King Duncan but later felt guilty for all of the terrible things her and husband did. Lady Macbeth felt so guilty that she committed suicide.
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Becky Fesenmaier
2/20/2016 06:41:24 pm
My favorite example of dramatic irony was probably when Macbeth is threatening the witches and saying that he will curse them (can't remember his exact words) because he wants them to tell them pretty much what is going to happen to his life. It's so ironic because the witches literally are the reason he is in the mess because of the spells and bad deeds they have done to him and he thinks that he would be able to curse them. It's also just another example of Macbeth's arrogance.
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Esther Gland
3/8/2016 12:05:21 pm
I agree with you Becky. This example is almost ridiculous in its irony. Especially as Macbeth makes a comment about how stupid someone would have to be to believe what they say: "damn'd all those that trust them". He essentially curses himself because he just listened to what they told him about how he could be defeated. How he doesn't realize that is beyond me..... In fact, I think that moment was really when I realized that Macbeth's mind wasn't in the most stable place :/
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Becky Wilson
3/15/2016 12:57:00 pm
Macbeth's ignorance makes me so happy. I mean, not really happy but it definitely adds to the book and I love it. If he wasn't so ignorant I feel like things would go so much easier for him. And that he threatens the witches definitely doesn't help when it comes to the fact that they can tell him anything and he will do it to "ensure his future."
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Rachel Coyne
2/25/2016 09:02:49 am
I think the greatest piece of irony featured in this play is how Macbeth starts off as a war hero, having killed people for treason, yet he commits treason and becomes a guilty man, gains power, and all of the sudden no longer cares what happens to anyone other than himself. The way his personality changes just gets me every time.
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Bailey Manor
3/27/2016 04:51:40 pm
I really like how Shakespeare switched Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's personalities. I feel like it made the play much more intriguing and enjoyable! Who would have thought MB would turn out to be the evil one and Lady MB would no longer be the one planning the murders?
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Becky Wilson
3/15/2016 12:50:52 pm
My favorite form of irony in Macbeth was how, in the beginning, Macbeth was the one that felt so guilty about killing Duncan and Lady Macbeth felt only power. Then, towards the end of the book, Macbeth was killing people left and right with no signs of guilt, and Lady Macbeth ended up feeling so guilty that she killed herself. I think it's pretty sad actually.
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Ethan DeWitt
3/23/2016 09:18:06 am
The best example of dramatic irony in Macbeth happens to Lady Macbeth. She begins the novel with an insatiable blood lust, and almost immediately falls to pieces once blood is spilled. Basically, she talks a big game, but cannot handle the consequences once action is actually taken.
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Jacob Rielly
4/4/2016 07:47:13 am
Lady Macbeth is defiantly the best example. Not only is her case but she does the best job being very creepy with her acting. I was not a fan of her but she really embraced the whole crazy woman with greed to overflowing guilt. She wore the pants in the relationship and by the end she was just disregarded by everyone in the story
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