The Sanskrit Drama in its Origin, Development, Theory & Practice c14.s3.2

c14.s3.2

¹ The deplorable effort in Act IV of the *Uttararāmacarita* at deliberate humour shows his weakness in this regard. A certain measure of irony of situation is all that he ever attains, e.g. in connexion with Rāma’s ignorance of the identity of his sons, cf. *Uttararāmacarita*, iv. 22/3; vi. 19/20.