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Ironical Situations In The Treatment Of Dr. Blifil
Some other examples of ironical situations are given in the following scenes: the treatment of Dr.blifil by his brother captain Blifil after he got married to Bridget; the circumstances of captain Blifil’s death where the conduct of physicians called to examine the dead captain Blifil and they start to debate about the cause of his death. In the meantime Mrs.Blifil had fallen in a fit and then recovered from physician. She continued a whole month with all the decoration of sickness, and received constant message from her acquaintance to enquire after her health.
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