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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—Odd, Silent, and Old:
Observing other elderly people who come to the park "Sunday after Sunday," Miss Brill criticizes and dismisses them, even though she has much in common with them herself. This is a moment of dramatic irony:
"They were odd, silent, nearly all old, and from the way they stared they looked as though they’d just come from dark little rooms or even – even cupboards!"
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