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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
Irony
Explanation and Analysis—Hating the Marigolds:
The situational irony at the heart of “Marigolds” is the fact that Lizabeth, along with her brother and other children in her community, hate Miss Lottie’s beautiful marigolds and seek to destroy them. The following passage captures the irony of the children’s dislike:
For some perverse reason, we children hated those marigolds. They interfered with the perfect ugliness of the place; they were too beautiful; they said too much that we could not understand; they did not make sense.
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