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Literary Analysis: Dramatic and Verbal Irony Answers

1. Verbal Irony, the girls continue to lie about their falsities to Dan, in spite of his questioning.

2. Dramatic Irony, because every defense has been seen as attack upon the court and the audience sees it as that.

3. Dramatic Irony, many do not tell the truth like Tobias does. Mary ensures the communities blindness towards Abigail.

4. Verbal Irony, Elizabeth condemns Proctor with a lie, rather than save him by telling the truth.