In this text I will tell how Shakespeare uses Dramatic Irony to build tension and play with the idea of fate.
Dramatic Irony is when the audience knows more than the characters in the play. For example in act 1 scene 2 the Soothsayer said ‘beware the Ides Of March.’ This causes an effect on the audience and the characters in the play because,everyone now knows something bad is going to happen to Caesar but we don’t know what. This means the Soothsayer is being ambiguous, (not saying everything, not the hole message) which causes tension because we do not know exactly what is going to happen. Adding on to this point, in act three scene 1 the Soothsayer appears because it is the Ides Of March, (when something terrible is about to happen to Caesar) this means that the Soothsayer is a symbol for Caesar’s death.This is Dramatic Irony because, the audience will see the Soothsayer on the Ides Of March and know that now is the time t
November 11, 2015 at 10:37 am
Jethro,
This starts well but it is unfinished.
Write yourself a plan that maps where the moments of tension occur – how might these help to build the dramatic irony? Additionally, the languag from these scene is rich and deserves a greater level of exploration in support of it might affect the audience. Anchor your work with more evidence from the text and thoroough justification.