Irony In Don Juan
(Byron)
- the final two lines of each stanza form a couplet which is used for comic wind-up
- creating comic effects with the use of forced rhymes ` new one`...`juan`
- light tone suggest that Byron doesn`t take the characters and events seriously
- colloquial, slangy language
- Don Juan was the most notorious lover and seducer of women in European literature; Byron`s character is simple and naive. Women finds him charming thus he has no need for force or seductive arts
- Don Juan is educated according to his mother`s plan. She has him tutored in arts and sciences but she forbids him to learn anything `that hints continuation of the species`. In his study of classical literature he cannot read any of the `looser` or suggestive poems; he must read only expurgated versions of these
- un-Byronic hero
- a satire on abuses of the society
- morals shown in ironic way
- ironic theme is based on what people think and what they actually do
- Byron shows the immorality in society through their hypocrisy
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