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Definition of Irony
Irony is a literary device or event in which how things seem to be is in fact very different from how they actually are. If this seems like a loose definition... read full definition
Irony is a literary device or event in which how things seem to be is in fact very different from how they actually are. If this... read full definition
Irony is a literary device or event in which how things seem to be is in fact very different from how... read full definition
Chapter 8 - The Queen's Croquet-Ground
Explanation and Analysis—Off With His Head!:
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland contains a number of ironic moments. In Chapter 8, to get rid of the Cheshire cat, the Queen declares "Off with his head!" but the executioner insists that this is impossible:
The executioner’s argument was, that you couldn’t cut off a head unless there was a body to cut it off from: that he had never had to do such a thing before, and he wasn’t going to begin at his time of life.
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