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What is an example of dramatic irony in Hamlet?.

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An example of dramatic irony is Hamlet pretending to be mad. To hide his plan for revenge, he makes Claudius believe that he is insane. His friends, Marcellus and Horatio, and the readers know he is pretending, which creates dramatic irony
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