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Compare the ability of at least two playwrights to turn one or more of the following to dramatic use in their world: irony; mystery and suspense; menace; comedy.  

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Compare the ability of at least two playwrights to turn one or more of the following to dramatic use in their world: irony; mystery and suspense; menace; comedy. ESSAY C In both A Streetcar Named Desire and Hamlet, Tennessee Williams and William Shakespeare, respectively, demonstrate their abilities to create engaging plays which work on several levels in order to produce the desired effect. One of the most important characteristics of these plays is the playwrights' success in using their words to create the worlds surrounding their works. Both Shakespeare and Williams effectively use irony in the aforementioned plays, both in the plot and with specific symbolism, to create mildly existential environments where effective irony is a confirmation of fate and justice. Immediately apparent to the reader upon completion of these two works is the glaring appearance of irony in the plays' plots. For example, in A Streetcar Named Desire, a great...

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