Situational Irony In Running On Empty

One explicit example of situational irony would undeniably be when Lucy is in the process of recovery. Lucy’s mother, rather unexpectedly, ends up removing the garlic flowers and ultimately spoiling the recovery process. “I feared the heavy odour would be too much for the dear child...so I took them all away and opened a bit of the window to let in a little fresh air” (Stoker 129). The situational irony in this quote is that Van Helsing had never expected Lucy’s mother to be the one individual who essentially ended up sealing Lucy’s fate, as she was left defenseless without the garlic flowers in the room and the window was left wide open for Count Dracula to enter and attack Lucy. One more example of situational irony would be in regards with the importance of Mina to her male counterparts, as she is heavily undermined and judged throughout the entirety of the novel primarily and solely due to her gender. “Ah, that wonderful Madam Mina! She has man’s brain...and a woman’s heart” (335). Despite being undermined constantly, however, Mina effectively continues about the miniscule amount of tasks she is entrusted with. Eventually, Mina is granted with the ability to come along with her male counterparts, for instance when they are tracking Dracula down, and be fully involved in conversations regarding

Secondly, we can review of the types of irony that is being used for each story. Every story has its individual way of conveying a message to its readers. Irony is

Irony is a useful device for giving stories many unexpected twists and turns. In Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour," irony is used as an effective literary device. Situational irony is used to show the reader that what is expected to happen sometimes doesn't. Dramatic irony is used to clue the reader in on something that is happening that the characters in the story do not know about. Irony is used throughout Chopin's "The Story of an Hour" through the use of situational irony and the use of dramatic irony.

"Irony is a device that protects him (the artist) from the pain of his experience so that he may use it objectively in his art(Susquehanna. "New Critical")." In The Glass Menagerie, it is ironic how Tom speaks badly of his father and his leaving home but in the end he leaves home just like his father, the man "in love with long distances (Williams 30)''. The fact that Amanda wants what is best for her children is ironic because she worries so much over it that she doesn't realize what is best for them.

The novel was presented with several different types and different examples of irony. The most obvious irony is in the end of the novel, Ethan intentions to commit suicide with Mattie. As for Mattie, being alive seems to be worst than death considering the change in her behavior. She was once a very caring person who later aged into a bitter older woman who ends up being miserable in a wrecked body and life.

The novel Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton tells the story of Ethan Frome and the tragedy he faces in his life. The story mainly focuses on the relationships between and among Ethan, his wife, and his wife’s cousin, with whom he is in love. Wharton uses different literary devices to develop the plot, including irony as one of the most effective. The use of irony in the novel, especially in the climatic sledding scene, greatly adds to the development of the tragedy.

One’s actions always have consequences. This is illustrated through the plot of the book, Running on Empty by Don Aker. In this novel, a teen named Ethan Palmer lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia with his sister, father and his step mother. Ethan is the protagonist of the novel as is evident in the beginning. He has a rough start, crashing his dad’s car into the garage, thus owing his father thousands for the damage. Meanwhile, Ethan has his eyes on his dream car, the Shelby Cobra SVT 1996. However, he has the conflict of paying off damages and suiting his own personal needs; he must find a way to make money, which is shown in the novel. In the novel, Running on Empty, the main theme portrayed is not being self centred as this characteristic can harm relationships of all sorts through the elements of a novel such as foreshadowing, irony and title symbolism.

The irony has taught me about love and sacrifice. An example in the story of dramatic irony was Della and Jim opening their gifts to each other. Della received a set of tortoiseshell combs, but she forgot her hair was not long enough to wear the combs. An example of a situational irony was Jim coming home and sees Della’s hair cut short. When Jim bought the combs, he did not expect Della to sell her treasured possession.

Irony is shown through the plane crash which was caused from war within the real world. After the plane crash, the boys come to the realization that they are on a stranded island. Piggy, being an intellectual boy, points out that “we was attacked” (Golding, ch. 8). This becomes ironic because the children became stranded on the island because of war the grown ups have at the end of the novel. This is also ironic because the children on the island also conduct their own war another example of irony is when Piggy states, “We did everything adults would do. What went wrong” (Golding, ch. 8). This is ironic because the children on the island believed that adults symbolized good and worshiped them, but they realize that adults also have an

For example, verbal irony is shown as the reader witnesses Kim stating “how can you cry for those things” and “I think they’re disgusting”(537). It’s verbal irony because at the end of the story Kim leaves the narrator for a caveman. There's also dramatic irony because Kim is having an affair with a caveman. The reader understands this, there's several signs of her being intimate with a caveman in the basement, she would come back up all wet. The narrator is clueless on what's going on with his girlfriend of ten years. In addition, Kim and the narrator experience a stark role reversal, an example of situational irony is because at the beginning of the story the narrator is a sloppy mess.The narrator starts to clean the house, dress up nicely for her, and

One of the most commonly used literary devices among authors, irony generates a connection between the reader and the fictional world. Irony is generally used in a mocking manner in which the user makes a sarcastic statement, such as: “Nice going!” when failure appears obvious. Occasionally the contrasts appear clear-cut, often times not. In Chaim Potok’s The Chosen irony lingers in the background, waiting to make its appearance.

In the movie one example of situational irony is when Kevin goes to the grociery store and buys food, laundry detergent, etc. This shows situational irony because a little wouldnt usually go to a store by themselves. Both the movie and the book have dramatic irony in them. The book “Ransom of Red Cheif” has dramatic irony in it. One example of dramatic irony is when Bill told Sam that Red Cheif was gone

The element of irony can be expressed between the characters relationship thought the quote, “Some months later the bag boy and the girl with the orange bow gain crossed paths, standing in line with their dates at the movie theater, and glancing toward each other, each smiled slightly, then looked away.” This particular quote can be related to the element of irony because it is ironic that after thinking the first

People watch other individuals experience irony all the time. When something is ironic it means that the thing that was to happen, did not happen the way it was thought to happen. Sometimes irony happens to those who least expect it or irony happens to everyone. There have been songs, television ads, and stories written about irony or that have included ironic events or details. One piece of literature that contains a lot of irony is Stephen Crane’s “The Open Boat”. Crane uses irony in many different ways in the story to tell of four individuals who survive their ship being wrecked and everyone else aboard has drown.

Third, Irony creates the most comedy. First, an example of situational irony is when Johnny does not want to go home after he has been kidnapped. ‘“Red Chief?” “Would you like to go home?” “Aw for what?”’(Henry 51) This turns out to be the opposite because most kids would like to go home if they have been kidnapped not stay with the kidnappers. Second, an example of dramatic irony is when Bill takes Johnny home but Johnny follows Bill back to the cove and Bill does not know it. This makes it funny because Bill doesn’t have a clue that Red Chief followed him but Sam does. Third, an example of verbal irony is when Sam wakes up and tells Bill he has a pain in his shoulder but he actually is afraid of Red Chief because Red Chief said he would be burned at stake at dawn. This makes it funny because it shows that the Johnny is scaring them but they will not admit it. These are literary devices that create humor in “The Ransom of Red Chief”.