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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 11
Explanation and Analysis—The Path of the Plague:
In Chapter 11, O'Farrell uses situational irony to show how the vast tragedy of the plague, and ultimately Hamnet's death, arises from a chain of random, almost absurd events. The passage begins with an omniscient statement:
For the pestilence to reach Warwickshire, England, in the summer of 1596, two events need to occur in the lives of two separate people, and then these people need to meet.
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