Desire Under the Elms
by Eugene O’Neill

Desire Under the Elms: Situational Irony 1 key example

Key Examples in Desire Under the Elms

Part 3: Scene 4
Explanation and Analysis—A Jim-Dandy Farm:

In the final line of the play, the Sheriff—who has come to arrest Abbie and Eben—makes a deeply ironic remark that serves as an example of situational irony:

(looking around at the farm enviously—to his companion) It’s a jim-dandy farm, no denyin’. Wished I owned it!