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Hawthorne's Use Of Situational Irony In The Scarlet Letter

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Hawthorne uses several different types of irony in the story to illustrate the hypocrisy of the Puritans. The first type of irony he uses is dramatic irony which is shown in the beginning of the story. When Goodman Brown heads on his journey to find out some answers about the good versus evil he encounters an old man, a traveler who represents evilness. Goodman Brown had failed to see that the old man was evil. Even after the fact Goody Cloyse cried out “The Devil!” when the traveler had touched her. Another type of irony he uses in the story is situational irony which is when something happens that is opposite of what we expect.
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