The Demon Lover
by Elizabeth Bowen

The Demon Lover: Situational Irony 1 key example

Key Examples in The Demon Lover

Situational Irony
Explanation and Analysis—The Supernatural Side:

After Mrs. Drover reads the letter, she tries to make herself feel better about her circumstances. She attempts—and, in a moment of situational irony, fails—to use logos to convince herself that there's nothing sinister or supernatural afoot:

On the supernatural side of the letter's entrance she was not permitting her mind to dwell. Who, in London, knew she meant to call at the house today? Evidently, however, this had been known. The caretaker, had he come back, had had no cause to expect her: he would have taken the letter in his pocket, to forward it, at his own time, through the post. There was no other sign that the caretaker had been in—but, if not? Letters dropped in at doors of deserted houses do not fly or walk to tables in halls.