IRONY

“IRONY”
Definition: Basically the irony represent the opposite what it is. It is a kind of direct opposition between reality and appearance. We can say about irony that, what we expect, it doesn’t happen. Like what the character says in the story, the situation is fairly unexpected. There are mainly four types of ironies:

Verbal Irony
Dramatic Irony
Situational Irony
Cosmic Irony

Verbal Irony occurs when the character in the story say something about other character but it is totally suggests the opposite. The verbal irony related to the spoken things only. e.g. The story “The Necklace” shows the verbal irony at one stage when the lady fight with her husband for a new dress to go to the party but she does have a dress for the party.

Dramatic Irony is what the character says about other and he/she doesn’t know the truth but the reader or audience know the truth. e.g. “The Lamb to the Slaughter” story ends with the dramatic irony because Mrs. Maloney offered the police man and detective to eat the lamb which is the only evidence of that case. Then they start eating lamb instead of doing investigation.

Situational Irony is totally depending upon the situation. If the best soccer team also win the coin flip in the game. e.g. In the story “War”, the fat man try to hide his emotions and said everybody that don’t cry and he also motivate people that you should proud to your children because they laid their life for their motherland. At the end, when a lady asked him, ”Then…is your son really dead?” the he start crying and tears comes out from his eyes.

Cosmic Irony is like a tragic circumstance. Like you saved money in your whole life to buy a car and you bought it, then after two days your car get crashed. e.g. In the story “The Necklace” the character borrowed a necklace and she didn’t know weather it is original or fake, when she lost it she bought a new expensive necklace and give back to her friend. At the end it gave her a lot of hardship for a long time