Peculiarities of Dramatic and Romantic Irony

This article gives detailed information about dramatic and romantic irony with the help of some examples. At the same time, it gives theoretical data of irony and its types. And the work determines several features of irony in different fields especially in aesthetics and stylistics. The ability of identifying sarcasm and irony has got a lot of attention recently. There are several definitions given for irony. Cicero defined irony as a figure of speech in which what is stated is not what is meant. The user of irony assumes that his reader or listener understands the concealed meaning of his statement. Perhaps the simplest form of irony is rhetorical irony, when, for effect, a speaker says the direct opposite of what she means.