Irony

the husband decides to tell his wife he’s been having an affair. Irony is important to this story. Irony is the whole basis of this story. Even though Mary seems docile and nonchalant after she’s been told her husband had been having an affair, She can act out of character as well. In the passage Mary, who is usually calm and loving of her husband clubs him in the back of the head with a frozen leg of lamb. This is situational irony because nobody would expect Mary to do this. They would expect…

What I think this discussion keeps coming back to is Dario Fo’s use of satire and humorous irony. His play is a circus, full of slapstick humour; it is also political theatre aimed to engage the audience to see the tragedy of an innocent person’s death as a result of the police. And I think this is an important message to integrate into the high school curriculum. I don’t think even you, Hamish, can deny that police brutality and political corruption is still a problem across much of the world,…

Irony: At the beginning, Rainsford says to Whitney: “The world is made up of two classes--the hunters and the huntees. Luckily, you and I are hunters.” I find this Ironic, since after Rainsford goes on the island, he becomes the huntee, and Zaroff is the hunter. Rainsford is talking about luck, and in this story, he has next to zero luck. He loses his ship, his pipe, his access to the real world, his hunter friend, and gets chased down by a crazy killer who kills for fun. I think that the fact…

The three types of irony in literature are verbal, situational and dramatic. Each type of irony is different and does different things. Irony is the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. Verbal irony is the use of words to mean something different from what a person actually says. So Verbal irony is almost sarcasm. Dramatic irony is the irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is…

house to find out who was the best to rob . The movie Home Alone has many examples of irony in them . One type of irony is verbal Irony . one example of verbal irony from ransom of red chief . For instance this verbal irony is there was a town down there as flat as a pancake . I can prove this verbal irony by its called . Summit like a mountain top but it is as flat as a pancake . Another form of verbal irony for home alone . The author states that when they said no marvel tomorrow . I can…

Dramatic irony is when a speech or situation is understood by the audience, while the characters in the play are oblivious to the truth being told to the audience (Dictionary). This literary device is present in Act I Scene V, when the ghost of Hamlet’s visits Hamlet and informs him how he had actually died. During this scene, Hamlet follows the ghost that has been roaming around the castle and throughout their encounter, the ghost admits that he is the spirit of his father and came back to…

that they know it was a bad night and a terrible date. They are using verbal irony because they know it was not a "great night" for their friend. By making what could be a stressful situation into a humorous event, Diana’s friends are successful in their use of verbal irony. While their words show Diana that they acknowledge her pain, they also offer a light perspective and probably lead to laughter. SUCCESS! Situatio nal Irony In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the characters all turn out to have…

Irony in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne Irony is ever-present in the great American novel, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Irony is used to let the readers understand what is going on and help them know what the characters do not know, as well as something that happens that is not expected by the readers. It is used throughout the growth of the characters in the novel, and irony is used as a key to help the readers know what is happening since they cannot be there for…

Irony is a figure of speech which describes intended meaning that is different from the real meaning .In simple words; it is a difference between the appearance and the reality... Irony is very important in the literary works because it helps to make a close connection between the reader and the literary work itself. I t is important to make the readers think more and more to understand the events in the literary work and get the messages and themes of the writer. It is often that irony in…

readers’ sense of humor rather than lets readers only feel the sadness. One of the irony readers can see is that the husband always expresses the hatred towards his wife while she does not realize anything. It is demonstrated by “I hate my wife,” and it appears a lot of times in the story (1). It stands for the type of dramatic irony, in which the readers know the plot that the character in the story does not know. Another irony in the story is that although the husband wishes for his wife’s…