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Irony in The Visit Irony is a literary device, which spins a web through Friedrich Dürrenmatts play, The Visit. Irony can be found throughout the aggregate of the tragic-comedy. Dürrenmatts first influential example of irony is the towns name. However, other examples such as the black panther, indications of Claire's power, as well as the communities qualities, or vices, are contemporary illustration of irony. The towns name, Güllen, wasn't chosen at random. It is a translation from German, Dürrenmatt's mother tongue, meaning 'manure'. This is ironic, since it depicts a metaphor of the town's, for the first time physical state, and its subsequent state of morality. An ironic indication of the moral collapse of this town are the words coming out of the Mayor's mouth, "If they (factories) boom we'll all boom...(p.26)". The money will ransom them from the physical decay, will however lead them to...

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