Dramatic Irony Act 3 Scene 1 Essay

Although some people may say that act 5 scene 1 uses comedic elements most successfully, act 3 scene 2 used comedic elements most successfully because of the use of dramatic irony, insults and verbal irony in order to create a rich, dramatic plot with a side of humor to keep the audience hooked.
The first reason act 3 scene 2 uses comedic elements most successfully is the scene’s use of dramatic irony. At the beginning of act 3 scene 2, Puck says, “My mistress with a monster is in love. Near to her close and consecrated bower, while she was in her dull and sleeping hour, a crew of patches, rude mechanicals that work for bread upon Athenian stalls, were met together to rehearse a play intended for great Theseus' nuptial day. The shallowest …show more content…
Anon his Thisbe must be answerèd, and forth my mimic comes. When they him spy, as wild geese that the creeping fowler eye, or russet-pated choughs, many in sort, rising and cawing at the gun’s report, sever themselves and madly sweep the sky— so at his sight away his fellows fly” (6-24). Dramatic irony is defined as when the audience knows something that the actors do not know- used to build humor or suspense. In this scene, Puck has decided to pull a prank on Bottom by turning his head into a donkey head, which is also referred to as an ass. The audience immediately releases the humor here as the character Bottom is wearing an ass head. This creates amusement for the audience because the name bottom also means ass, therefore it is ironic that Bottom has an ass head on. While the audience knows what is going on and is enjoying the humor of …show more content…
The use of hyperbole is used when Bottom has stabbed himself and is dying rather dramatically, “Thus die I, thus, thus, thus. Now am I dead, Now am I fled; My soul is in the sky: Tongue, lose thy light; Moon take thy flight: Now die, die, die, die, die.” (281-290). A hyperbole is when something is excessively exaggerated, therefore this is a hyperbole because bottom is completely over reacting. Linguistic mistakes are also used in the parody, “If we offend, it is with our good will. That you should think we come not to offend, but with good will. To show our simple skill, that is the true beginning of our end. Consider then we come but in despite. We do not come as minding to contest you, our true intent is. All for your delight we are not here. That you should here repent you, the actors are at hand, and by their show you shall know all that you are like to know” (102-112). Linguistic mistakes are used to create humour within the audience as well as creating a level of realism of how nervous men who didn’t study their lines would act. However, the use of comedic elements of this scene wasn’t the most successful out of all the scenes because while they did add humour and authenticity, they weren’t as consistent as the elements used in act 3 scene 2, and they didn’t build

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