Miller uses different kinds of irony in his play to emphasize the senselessness of the accusations and trials. In situational irony, a discrepancy takes place between what is expected or appropriate to happen and what actually does happen. How are the false confessions in Act Three examples of situational irony?

Explanation:

Situational irony is when actions or events have the opposite result from what a person expecta or what the person intends .

An example of situational irony in the passage is

1) when Elizabeth Proctor is questioned about whether or not her husband had an affair with Abigail Williams. It was her instinct to lie to protect her husband but instead, she made her husband seem like a liar because she didn't know he had already confessed.

2)When Mr. Proctor tried to get Mary Warren to confess the truth that the girls were lying but instead, it backfired making seem even more suspicious.

the god   the goddess of salt water, of fresh water   yet more powerful and perfect.

the use of “as” in the example to draw the resemblance. some more examples of common similes are given below. common examples of simile. our soldiers are as brave as lions. her cheeks are red like a rose. he is as funny as a monkey. the water well was as dry as a bone. he is as cunning as a fox. simile introduces vividness into what we say.