In " THE GIFT OF THE MAGI " story theirs only two irony that is talking about or use it. Situational and Dramatic irony are known as the two irony that this story is talking about . The situational irony in this story is that Della finally has been given the combs that she has desired for so long, but only when she is not in a position to use them, for she has cut her hair . Jim and Della have sacrificed their most valuable possessions to buy something for the other to use with their most valuable possession. Dramatic irony occurs when Della opens the gift from Jim, a set of tortoise shell combs, and briefly forgets that her hair isn’t long enough to wear them. Situational irony occurs when theres an unexpected outcome in the story. And dramatic
