William Shakespeare's Othello

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Brought to you by The Educational Company of Ireland
With annotations, analysis and commentary by Patrick Murray
Podcasts read by actors Simon Coury and Niamh Daly

Tragic irony

‘Irony is a strong feature in Othello. It takes two main forms:

• Irony of situation: involves taking a course of action that leads to an unexpected outcome.

• Verbal irony: involves a contradiction between what is being said, implied or suggested, and what is actually the case...’