Irony in The Crucible For each example given, explain what kind of irony it is (irony, situational irony, verbal

irony, or dramatic irony), and explain why. 1. Judge Danforth says that no innocent man need fear this court. 2. Elizabeth Proctor lies to save her husband, when she actually should have told the

truth. 3. In Act III, John Proctor says, “There might also be a dragon with five legs in my

house, but no one has ever seen it.” 4. John Proctor brings Mary Warren to the court to save himself, but she ends up

condemning him. 5. In Act IV, the court needs John Proctor to confess to something he didn’t do so that

they don’t have to confess to what they did do. 6. If someone confessed to witchcraft, he/she was spared; if someone didn’t confess,

he/she was executed. 7. John Proctor says “God is dead!” at the end of Act III. 8. When asked about the Ten Commandments, John Proctor forgets one, and his wife

Elizabeth has to remind him he forgot the Commandment about adultery. 9. The characters who get the most protection from the court are the dishonest (Abigail

and the girls), the underhanded (Thomas Putnam), and those who withhold evidence (Rev. Parris).

10. In Act III, after Mary Warren turns on John Proctor, the stage directions say,

“Abigail, out of her infinite charity, reaches out and draws the sobbing Mary to her.”