"Irony"

Irony is described as a situation where the exact opposite of what one expects should happen, actually happens. Another example from this play will occur much later, when a guy named Friar Laurence says he "will be brief." He then proceeds to deliver the longest speech in the entire play, proving that he is a windbag of astronomic proportions.

Yet another example occurred in the opening speech, when the Chorus describes the audience as having "patient ears." I don't know about yours, but my ears nodded off sometime during Scene Four. Irony. Opposites. Understand?

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