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1、Dramaticironyinmanyplaysarisesfromconflictinggoalsbetweencharacters.ChooseonesuchexampleofdramaticironyinTheImportanceofBeingEarnestandexplainit.Adramaticironyisthecontrastbetweenthecharacters’awarenesstothesituationandthereaders’.AcommonuseofadramaticironyinTheImportanceo
2、fBeingEarnestistobuildacomicatmosphere.OneexampleofthiswouldbethesceneinwhichLadyBracknellasksAlgernonforcucumbersandwiches.AlgernonthenblamedLanefornotofferingthecucumbersandwiches,whoclaimsthat‘therewerenocucumbersinthemarketthismorning’;however,Algernonaswellastheaudien
3、ceknowthatAlgernonhimselfhaseatenthesandwichesforLadyBracknell.TheaudiencemaybeamusedbythefactthatLadyBracknelllackstheknowledgetoseethroughthedeception.AnessentialdramaticironyinTheImportantofBeingEarnestisthedoublelifethatAlgernonandJacklivein.FromtheconversationbetweenA
4、lgernonandJack,theaudiencelearnsthatAlgernonhascreatedafictionalcharacter,Bunbury,tohelphimvisitthecountry,andJackhasdoneEarnesttohelphimvisitthetown.WhenLadyBracknellinvitesAlgernonfordinner,AlgernonrejectstheofferbytellingherthathehastovisitBunbury,whoisseverelyill.LadyB
5、racknellissurprisedbytheextreme‘badhealth’Bunburyisin,buttheaudienceknowsthatBunburydoesnotexist.Atthispoint,whenAlgernonorJackneedsareasontoleavethetownorthecountry,theywillusethenamesBunburyandEarnest.Anexampleofadramaticironythatiscausedbythedifferentgoalsbetweencharact
6、ersisthemisunderstandingofGwendolen.WhenJackproposestoGwendolen,Gwendolenacceptstheproposalbecauseshelikesthename‘Earnest’.PursuingonlythenameofJack’sfictionalcharacter,Gwendolen,unliketheaudience,doesnotknowsthatJack’snameisnotEarnest.Jack,ontheotherhand,constantlytriesto
7、convinceGwendolenthat‘Jack’isasgoodanameas‘Earnest’sothatthetruthwouldnotaffectGwendolen’sdecision.Gwendolen’sgoalistomarryapersonnamed‘Earnest’,whereasJack’sistohaveGwendolenmarryhimself.AlthoughGwendolenbelievesthattheyhavethesamegoalbuttheaudienceknowsotherwise.Thus,adr
8、amaticironyiscreated.Stagedirectionsaresometimesjustasimportantasthelinesinadramaticwork.
