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IRONY (Gr. dipaweLa, from eipwv, one who says less than he means, eiepees, to speak)

This article appears in Volume V14, Page 839 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: INV-JED
IRONY (Gr. dipaweLa, from eipwv, one who says less than he means, eiepees, to speak) , a form of speech in which the real meaning is concealed or contradicted by the words used; it is particularly employed for the purpose of ridicule, mockery or contempt, frequently taking the form of sarcastic phrase. The word is frequently used figuratively, especially in such phrases as "the irony of
fate
 ," of an issue or result that seems to contradict the previous
state
  or
condition
 . The
Greek
  word was particularly used of an under-statement in the nature of dissimulation. It is especially exemplified in the assumed ignorance which Socrates adopted as a method of dialectic, the " Socratic irony " (see SOCRATES). In tragedy, what is called " tragic irony " is a
device
  for heightening the intensity of a dramatic situation. Its use is particularly characteristic of the drama of
ancient
 
Greece
 , owing to the familiarity of the spectators with the legends on which so many of the plays were based. In this form of irony the words and actions of the characters belie the real situation, which the spectators fully realize. It may take several forms; the
character
  speaking may be con-scious of the irony of his words while the rest of the actors may not, or he may be unconscious and the actors
share
  the knowledge with the spectators, or the spectators may alone realize irony. The
Oedipus
  Tyrannus of Sophocles is the classic example of tragic irony at its fullest and finest.


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