Dramatic Irony in A Dolls House Irony serves the purpose of accentuating a story, it also adds to its creativity and originality. There are numerous types of irony in the play A Doll's House by Henrik Isben. Throughout this work three types of irony are used, dramatic, situational, and verbal. These three types of irony help bring out certain conflicts within the play. These Conflicts, without irony, wouldn’t provide readers with such enjoyable or …showed first 75 words of 706 total…

…showed last 75 words of 706 total…rocking-chair aside." All three types of irony are used throughout A Doll’s House to create a further stirring play. Irony plays an important role in any type of literature, and is used to help show the opposite of what is actually said and/or done. Irony is the use of words to express something other than, and especially the opposite, of the literal meaning. Without irony, literature, especially plays would be humdrum and minimal.