Jane Austen's Use of Irony in Pride and Prejudice.
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Irony is the art of expressing two meanings simultaneously; the obvious surface meaning the majority will regard as the only meaning and on a deeper profounder meaning which lies behind the obvious.
The tension created by this ambivalence can be and has been put to a variety of uses. Ironies abound in Shakespeare, so do they in Dryden and Poe.Shakespeare employs them to underscore the tragic plight of a man, while Dryden and Pope
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out in course of the novel "Pride and Prejudice", though Austen's irony plays the all pervasive; yet it never allows this vision to attain the abominable portions of any kind of didactism.indeed, it may be said that one of the greatest charms of this novel is derived from the gentle "tongue in the cheek" way of describing people and situations.For this Jane Austen's tales offer a rippling sense of pleasure to her readers.
out in course of the novel "Pride and Prejudice", though Austen's irony plays the all pervasive; yet it never allows this vision to attain the abominable portions of any kind of didactism.indeed, it may be said that one of the greatest charms of this novel is derived from the gentle "tongue in the cheek" way of describing people and situations.For this Jane Austen's tales offer a rippling sense of pleasure to her readers.