Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 14 AIL 1331 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Concealment as a Device
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The idea
Hiding a character on stage produces dramatic irony mechanically: someone hears what was not meant for them. Hamlet's soliloquy is overheard, and Sheridan's comedy turns on a man concealed behind a screen. One stage direction can set up a whole scene's irony.
In practice
One direction, a scene of irony.
Where people slip
Concealment generates the device.
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