Irony

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Irony

• Mr. Trainor
• PHS

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Pun of the Day

• Irony It is the opposite of Wrinkly

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Irony

• The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone
  gets out of it alive.
• Robert A. Heinlein

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Irony Defined

• Irony the discrepancy between what is said and
  what is meant, what is said and what is done,
  what is expected or intended and what happens,
  what is meant or said and what others understand.
• Irony can be positive or negative.

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Three Types of Irony

• Situational
• Verbal
• Dramatic

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Situational Irony

• expectations aroused by a situation are reversed
• the contrast between what happens and what was
  expected. The irony of a situation is often
  humorous, such as when a prank backfires on the
  prankster.
• Example It is the equivalent of a person
  spraying shaving cream in his own face when he
  was trying to spray his best friend.

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Verbal Irony

• The contrast between what is said and what is
  meant.
• Verbal irony is often sarcastic.
• Example 1 the person who says, Nice going,
  Einstein, isnt really paying anyone a
  compliment.

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Hamlet

• Example 2 Hamlet tells Claudius, I am too much
  in the sun. (Hamlet is ironically punning on
  sun and son he is unhappy that Claudius is
  his new step father so soon after his father
  died).

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Dramatic Irony

• The contrast between what the character thinks to
  be true and what we (the audience) know to be
  true. This form of irony creates suspense.
• Example 1 when the killer is hiding in the
  basement, but the hero of the movie does not know
  that. The irony is that the hero thinks he is
  safe, when you know he is in danger. Again, there
  is an element of contrast.

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Oedipus
He blinds himself when he sees the truth! The
audience knows the truth about Oedipus the
entire play.
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• THE END.