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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—Deadly House:
The situational irony at the heart of “The Veldt” is the fact that the expensive high-tech Happylife Home George and Lydia Hadley purchased in order to make life better for themselves and their children ends up being the very thing that leads to their deaths. Not only did it turn their children Wendy and Peter against them, but it is also responsible for creating the not-so-virtual reality lions that kill them.
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