The irony is both verbal and situational:
It could also be dramatic irony for those who already anticipated that the motives of the aliens were gastronomic and not altruistic
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The title is "Civil Peace" when the situation in the story wasn't peaceful.
That would be irony! (Situational irony, if you wish to be more specific.)
Brokeback Mountain - short story - was created on 1997-10-13.
it was in a collection of the Best American Short Stories
Literary devices are tools or techniques that a writer uses to enhance the story or to give more meaing to the story (eg figures of speech, foreshadowing, flashback, simile, metaphor, irony..).
The irony in this short story is that the sniper later finds out that who he shot was his brother.
Suicide and irony
a story in which irony plays a key role
a story in which irony plays a key role
"The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant features situational irony, where the outcome of the story is contrary to what the characters and readers expect. The twist at the end, revealing the true value of the necklace, is an example of situational irony.
Irony of the story the taxi man
Irony of the story the taxi man
The irony in "The Storm" is that the adulterous affair between the main characters occurs during a literal storm, reflecting the emotional turmoil and passion of their forbidden relationship. The storm symbolizes the hidden desires and intensity of their love that cannot be openly expressed in their society.
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"The Open Window" is a short story written by the author Saki. The most important element in this story is irony.
The full question is: What statements about the gifts in O Henry's short story The Gift of the Magi are correct A the irony isn't the unexpected ending it's the type of irony in which one thing is said but another is meant B it creates an allegory about watches and hair C both are incorrect It makes no use of irony.
Charlee M. Sterling has written: 'Irony in the short stories of Edith Wharton' -- subject(s): History, Irony in literature, Narration (Rhetoric), Point-of-view (Literature), Short story, Technique