“The Titanic was unsinkable…” was a thought that ran through many people’s heads as they heard the news that it had been struck with an iceberg. They believed it couldn’t sink because the Titanic was so big and strong that nothing in the world could take it down. Whenever people today think of the Titanic, we think of how it sank and how many people lost their lives, which is an example of dramatic irony in itself. We know the devastating end of the Titanic, yet most of the people in this story did not. The R.M.S. Titanic by Hanson W. Baldwin is a story using irony to immensely interest the reader.
Dramatic irony occurred vaguely in this account. However, it all depends on how much knowledge you have of the disaster. Already knowing the ship sinks is a dramatic irony that is shown by just reading the title. If you have any further knowledge, you may come upon more dramatic ironies. For example, it is said in the story that the band was playing ragtime duri
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This is a dramatic irony because we know that the ship is going to sink and they should be taking care of themselves before the White Star liner goes down rather than standing there playing ragtime for the people walking by. Men and women hit half-frozen people in the head with oars as they tried to climb onto the lifeboats. Little did the seamen know, but the Titanic would also have a very bad ending. Titanic was a very interesting read because of the irony used and because all readers know very well that the once thought “unsinkable” ship would face an unfortunate doom. Also, seaman had muttered about the bad start of the Titanic after it nearly collided with the New York.
In conclusion, the sinking of the Titanic occurred on a frightful night and looking back on that night, people realize more and more things that could have been prevented or could have occurred to save more lives that were lost at sea.
As expected, the people on the Titanic did and said some ironic things at the time of disarray as the ship was going down.
Aside from dramatic irony, there is a great display of situational irony also. The shock of the collision had been so slight that some were not awakened by it; the Titanic was so huge that she must be unsinkable; the night was too calm, too beautiful, to think of death at sea. A woman was quoted saying “Save me, save me!” which is ironic because it’s obvious that only she can save herself at the point in time.
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