A Ironic piece of literature I have read is nothing except for a few Garfield comics because it is ironic to see a cat kicking a dog into the air but the best ironic movie I have seen is It's a mad mad mad world since you would not expect the mother in law to steal the keys and put them in her bra in front of her son in law and the poor man trying to help them get the treasure.
I actually agree with you here, Dalton. Garfield is very ironic because we tend to see cats cower away from dogs. However, Garfield is the king of the house and the dog seems to act as his peasant.
It's just amazing that a lasagna loving cat can go against dogs without hesitation. Great example since anyone should comprehend this cool cat going against the flow.
A literary work that contains a sufficient amount of irony is the short story “The Lottery” by: Shirley Jackson. In this short story, the town bands together and whoever’s name is drawn, whoever wins “the lottery” is sentenced to death by stoning.
This is extremely ironic because this event is known as a lottery and a lottery is generally a good thing to win. When we think of lotteries, we think of having a very small chance at winning a million dollars, and if we do, we are very lucky. However, in this challenging story, whoever “wins” the lottery wins death.
Another ironic element to the story is that, the lottery winner, Tessie Hutchinson, was almost late to the lottery event. She had forgotten what day it was and had to run all the way into town to get there in time. If she had just not remembered, or had been just a little late, then she may not have “won” the lottery.
I completely agree that this is an ironic piece of literature, but when remembering the story, most ironic about it is the people of that town call towns that have stopped doing the lottery uncivilized, the irony in this case produced by our cultural and moral differences with the town the story is placed in.
Post by: Sofia Ricra The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is an example of irony. The whole plot of the story and characters are a sample of situational irony. Dorothy goes to the wizard to try and find a way home. Later on she finds out she could’ve done that earlier. The Lion seems to be wimp who ends up being brave. Tin Man thinks he won’t be able to love but in the end he has a huge heart. The Scarecrow wants to be wise, and he discovers he is brilliant. The Wizard who was respected by everybody ends up being just an old man.
Honestly, my first reading "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" and discovering that the Wizard was just an ordinary man made me outraged. I agree, this literary work is very ironic.
I think this whole piece of literature was full of irony. If I were Dorothy and found out I could've gone home earlier I probably would've gone insane. -Piper Colangelo
Elizabeth Suarez. An ironic work that many of us have read would be Romeo and Juliet. At the end when Romeo finds Juliet supposedly dead and kills himself, Juliet wakes to find her one love dead and finds the only way to be okay is to actually kill herself. In this work, personally, I wouldn't have expected this to happen and I thought it was ironic that they both ended up dead while they could've just stayed alive with one another.
This is definitely an ironic piece of literature, and a very good one at that, in my opinion. I wouldn't have expected this to happen either but I thought it was a good plot twist and ending to the play.
An ironic literary work that is familiar to me would have to be William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew.” In this play, Katherine is our evil, stubborn girl that refuses to act in an orderly manner and treat others with respect, as she only cares for herself. She won’t listen to her sister, or her husband, which is very surprising as most women of her time would obey their husbands wishes. However, at the end of the play, the husbands of the women make a bet on whose wife will appear first upon being summoned, and to everyone’s surprise, Katherine was the first wife to oblige to her husbands call. No one expected this as she was always known as a strong, independent woman who did not care about doing things for others. Katherine also scolds the other wives for not immediately coming to their husbands upon being called, even though in the beginning, she was scolding them for doing the opposite.
This story fits perfectly with an idea of irony; Katherine defies the common image of women at the beginning and then defies even herself near the end.
An ironic work I thought of was True Detective season 2 because it had a brand new cast and the viewer was pretty much just expecting to know who the new characters were since the cast was redone. The whole season is ironic but the best example would be the beginning when the detective's kid is lying to his father about his day at school and the boy eventually confesses that he got punched in the face by a bully and the dad takes him home. Afterwards, the father goes to the bullies house and knocks on the door, the bully answers. The father asks if he knew his kid and the bully said "yes" so he said "may I speak to your father." The kid gets his father and the detective talks about what his kid did to his son and he is talking out of pure anger mostly directed to the bully. The bullies dad says "don't talk to my son that way" and the detective punches the bullies dad until he fell on his knees and the detective starts saying "You like hurting people huh?" while ruthlessly beating the bullies father right in front of him. We the viewers were expecting something else like the man hitting the kid but instead seeing an innocent man being beaten for his kid mistakes.
"A Raisin in the Sun" screams situational character irony all over. We see Walter Lee, a man trying to make it big in the world, who takes steps back rather than forward. He wants to be the man in charge, yet he bestows his work on another rather than doing it himself and loses it all. Another ironic character is Mama. She wants to raise a family in a nice home. She chooses to buy a home in an all white neighborhood; at the time, people who did this got bombed by the other racist residences. She just wanted to give her family a nice life and have a garden, but what is the point if everything you work for goes up in a ball of flames. For a last point, Beneatha is also ironic. Her goal is that she becomes independent and a doctor. Her family has to guide her a lot along the way, and she is know throw small tantrums whenever things do not go her way. Her character is not yet ready to be an adult, but rather she still acts a child.
I agree "A Raisin in the Sun" is a great example of irony especially Walter Lee. I like that you included a few examples of irony and you have very good explanations.
Dramatic irony is when the audience knows something that the character doesn't, and there is a great example of this in The Flash. During this series we grow to love a character known as Dr. Harrison Wells, but we know there is something off about him from the start. Harrison Wells is too nice to Barry for something not to be wrong with him. He is too anxious to get Barry back to Star Labs, which causes suspicion amongst viewers, but Barry is not the least bit suspicious. Barry couldn't dare think anything bad of his role model.
Harrison Wells created a device called a particle accelerator, which backfired and exploded killing many and leaving his legs useless. He could not walk, his only way of transportation was by wheelchair, or was it? A few episodes in we see Harrison stand up in a hidden room within Star Labs proving our suspicions right. No other living character knew this, which made this dramatic irony. We knew that Harrison was capable of walking, but no one else did. The question that episode left viewers with is: Why would Dr. Wells lie? What is he up to that requires him to lie about his mobility? Well, the answer to that is rather easy. Early on viewers suspect Wells as being the Reverse Flash (another speedster), which is ironic because he is in a wheelchair, so my answer is because Harrison being in a wheelchair immediately eliminates him as a suspect. Then when viewers find out Harrison was lying about his mobility he becomes the prime suspect.
This show is filled with irony, from the simple fact of Dr. Wells being in a wheelchair to the dramatic irony that we know that Wells is perfectly capable of walking. Irony is everywhere in literature, which keeps things either suspenseful or comical.
Irony is one of the best and worst things that can happen in a story. In The Hunger Games, Katniss volunteers in Prim's place to keep her out of the games because she knew she wouldn't make it. Once Katniss wins the games and returns home, she is reaped for the 75th Hunger Games. Once she and her alliance ruins the games, she flees to District 12 to find that it has been bombed by the Capitol. They make it to District 13 and from there, Prim becomes a medic. She is sent to the Capitol to help the sick citizens. There are children outside of President Snow's house and a hovercraft appears, dropping parachutes like the ones from the games to the children. It turns out half of the parachutes are filled with explosives and many of the children are injured. Prim rushes to help them but she is killed by one of the parachutes near her. I find her death ironic because Katniss' main goal was to protect Prim from the Capitol but she ended up dying to the Capitol.
I couldn't agree more. You hit this post right out of the park, and it has caused me to have a better appreciation for theses movies. (Not to mention they're my favorite)!!! ~ Caleb C.
Posted by: Caleb Costner In the movie "Finding Nemo" by Disney, Marlin is an unfunny Clown fish who is a father to a younger clown fish named Nemo. When it is Nemo's first day of school, the teacher takes them to see the reef. Nemo is with a group of fish and other sea animals, and they sneak off to the edge of the reef. When Marlin finds Nemo, he is arguing about trying to keep him safe and to to not go passed the edge. When Nemo rebels against his dad and swims out over the edge, and comes back, Nemo is captured by scuba divers and taken away from his father.
When Marlin sets off to find his son Nemo, he runs into a forgetful fish named Dory, and meets a group of sharks who are against eating fish. After finding out where the scuba divers took Nemo, Marlin and Dory set off to his rescue. When there Marlin and Dory meet a pelican who is friends with fish, and he helps Marlin and Dory get to Nemo. When there they find Nemo dead (he's really not dead), and is being flushed down the toilet, (in the dentist office, where he was taken). When back into the water, Marlin and Dory start to go home when Marlin leaves Dory to find her own way home. Nemo then finds Dory and asks if she knows Marlin. When Dory remembers that Marlin is Nemo's dad and that he was looking for Nemo, she rushes Nemo to find him to reunite them back to together.
If you are wondering what part is ironic well, #1. Marlin is a Clown fish that is not funny. #2. The sharks that Marlin and Dory meet do not eat fish, and #3. The pelican that helps Marlin and Dory is friends with fish also. The most ironic part in this movie is #4. When Marlin is terrified of his son getting lost, or hurt. Well that's exactly what happens to Nemo. He is captured by scuba divers, and then found 'dead' and flushed down a toilet.
I never realized how much irony was in this classic tale. Although, I do remember Marlin not being a funny fish, but being a clown fish. Very interesting connections.
Posted By: Anna K-S According to google irony is “the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.” One particular movie that contains irony is the Disney movie “Frozen”.
“Frozen” is a movie about two sisters, the younger sister named Anna and the older sister named Elsa. Elsa has the magic power of being able to freeze items when she wants but when she and her sister were little Elsa accidentally froze Anna’s heart. When Elsa got upset she accidentally froze everything, therefore, her sister Anna went on a journey to find a way to reverse what her sister Elsa had done. While Anna was on the journey of finding a cure to Elsa’s freeze she meet a man named Kristoff and his comrade reindeer. Also on the journey Anna becomes very weak due to her frozen heart luckily Kristoff knows rock people who can heal her. In the end Anna saves the day which is ironic because she is the warmth that heals her sister’s cold and unfreezes the whole town. Anna being the warmth is ironic because her sister had froze her heart which would make her cold not warm.
Post By: Karmen Scruggs A piece of ironic literature is found in the novel Paper Towns by John Green. In this book, a girl named Margo leaves and when she does, she also leaves clues for Quentin, a boy she went on a huge adventure with the night before she departed.
Quentin thought that Margo was leaving the clues so that he could find her and bring her back home with him, but when Quentin finally found Margo, she didn’t leave with him. He spent all of his and his friends time looking for a girl that didn’t even wish to be found.
This is so very true and very ironic. The girl unconsciously related her escape to poems and such. Plus, the boy figured out clues she didn't even realize she left!
Post by: Hannah Cribby I believe that 'Dexter' is very ironic because he is a cop, but at the same time he is a serial killer. It's kind of funny that he is helping put killers away and at the same time killing. He convinced himself he was doing a good thing by killing killers. It includes a lot of dramatic irony because we know Dexter is a murderer, but his coworkers and sister have no idea. His sister for most of the show had no idea what he was doing and when she found out she started working with him. This show was addictive to watch because it was the best thing ever; it was upsetting when it ended.
When I think of ironic literary work, I think of "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson. This entire piece of literature is one big irony.
First thing, the title. Typically when people think of the lottery they think of people winning money and getting rich, not getting stoned by the people in their town. In this case, the lottery was getting stoned by the people.
Second, the names of some of the characters. I would like to talk about one man, specifically, Mr. Graves. Mr. Graves is one of the people that help with drawing the names and it is just so ironic that his name is Mr. Graves and they're getting ready to stone someone.
Lastly, the person who gets stoned. Tessie Hutchinson was late arriving to the gathering and was a little upset because she forgot today was the day. As she makes her way to her husband and children, she watches as the names are going to be drawn. After all the drawing, Tessie is picked to be stoned. This is so ironic because she was late and upset about it and she ended up getting stoned. Another ironic thing is that her husband and children helped to stone her, they didn't show any mercy just because it was their mom and wife.
The short story “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant is a perfect example of irony. The main character Mathilde feels she deserves the best, but can’t always get what she sees as the best since she married a man who isn’t rich. When her and her husband get invited to go to a party Mathilde feels she needs to be wearing something more luxurious than what she owns. She goes to one of her wealthy friends and borrows an exquisite diamond necklace to wear. Towards the end of the night she loses the necklace. Mathilde and her husband found a necklace that looked exactly like it and bought it, but they ended up in debt. Both her and her husband had to work strenuous jobs to pay off the debt they were in. A few years later Mathilde runs into her friend that let her borrow the necklace and learns that the original necklace was a fake.
This whole situation is ironic because if Mathilde would’ve just told her friend she would have learned the necklace was a fake, she wouldn’t have had to buy a replacement, and work years to pay off the debt for the replacement necklace. -Piper Colangelo
Posted by Maria McDonald: Irony can be used for many things. It can be used as symbolism, foreshadowing, or just for humor. An example of a literary work with irony would be "The Cask of Amondillado" by Edgar Allan Poe. The story is about a man named Montresor who hates his former acquaintance Fortunado for insulting him so he comes up with a plan to kill him. Fortunado is dressed in a court jester outfit and his name "Fortunado" means "the fortunate one." Montresor's plan to kill Fortunado consists of getting him drunk, leading him underground through tunnels, then trapping him inside the walls where no one can hear or find him. That is where the irony comes in. The whole time Fortunado thought that Montresor was his friend. He was dressed as a court jester but he was the one to get fooled and "The fortunate one" met a very unfortunate fate in the end.
By:Kalynne H. There is almost irony in everything. One piece of literature that has irony in it, is The Taming of the Shrew. Katherine is the hardhead that doesn´t listen to anyone. Petruchio is her husband but she never listens to him or pays him any mind. Katherine is a strong women and towards the end of the play the men place a bet. First one to get their woman over here by calling their name wins. None of them come out except for Katherine. It is ironic because no one would have suspected her to come out in the beginning. Then she yells at everyone because the other woman didn't come to their men.
"Romeo and Juliet" by Shakespeare is a perfect example of irony. Romeo' family and Juliet's family hated each other and would often get into fight with other. People would expect Romeo and Juliet to hate each other too but instead, they fall in love. Also irony in the book is when Romeo tried to stop a fight Mercutio and Tybalt but in the end, Mercutio got killed.
Posted by: James Lynn One literary work that I believe to have irony is the video game "Deus Ex: Human Revolution." As I've stated before, the game takes place in the year 2027, and follows the story of a security chief named "Adam Jensen" on his adventures to learn the truth behind an attack on his company in the past. One case of irony I can think of is how many people believe augments are dangerous and only lead to death. In Adam's case, however, augments helped save his life. This is ironic because dispite people's beliefs that augments are dangerous to mankind, they helped save people's lives. Another case of irony in the game, or rather the story in general, is Adam's involvement with augmentation-based conflicts. In Deus Ex: Human Revolution, he is an augmented security guard. In the unreleased sequel, "Deus Ex: Mankind Divided," he is a member of a combat group tasked with hunting down augmented personel. This is ironic as Adam is an augmented individual himself, working to hunt down fellow augmented men.
Romeo and Juliet has to be the ultimate example of irony. So, we have a young girl and boy. They meet, fall in love and realize their chances of working are almost none because their families are against one another. So they plan this grand plan to be together, Romeo of course messes it up and gets thrown out of town. So they are going to run away together. Juliette has a last minute thing that Romeo is not aware of; she will take a potion to make her appear dead. Someone was suppose to tell him, but, they did not leaving him to assume his love is indeed dead. The two lovebirds could have lived happily ever after, yet, they killed themselves on false belief the other was already dead. What is even more ironic is once they were gone the reason they couldn’t be together, their family’s hatred and rivalry for one another was solved.
Irony is found in almost every work of literature. It can be funny, sad, good, and bad. Irony is typically something in a literary work that is clear to the audience, but not to the characters in the work. One ironic litererary work that I know of is "Breaking Bad." This television series is about a man named Walter White who has cancer and needs a way to provide money for his family. Walter discovers that making methamphetamines is the way to do it. The irony in this is that Walter's brother-in-law is a police officer, who happens to be looking for the person who makes the meth. Hank, Walter's brother-in-law, is unaware that Walter is the guy he's looking for. The audience knows this the whole time. The irony in "Breaking Bad" is that throughout the entire show, there are things that the characters are unaware of, but the audience typically knows.
Posted By: Adison Costner One ironic movie that I can think of is Monster’s Inc. In this movie monsters try to scare little kids in their sleep. They have a door that they open and go into, they then try and scare the kids. That part isn't ironic because monster are supposed to scare kids. But the ironic part of the movie is when Boo escapes her room and goes into the monster plant. When Sulie discovers her he is more scared of her then she is of him. All the monsters are scared to death of Boo and she isn't scared by them at all.
Whenever I think of an ironic literary work, I think of “The Crucible”. In the beginning of “The Crucible” a man was questioned about whether or not he had ever signed a contract for the devil and he said no. Later on in the book, people were trying to make him sign something stating that he had work for the devil. Since he never worked for the devil and had signed the paper then he would have basically lied to he would then be considered a sinner and even if he didn’t sign it, he would have been accused of working for the devil. So either way, he’s screwed.
The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin is a famous short story built upon irony. This story is a about a woman, Mrs. Mallard, finding out her husband has died. However, she then learns the information is false when her husband returns to home.
The irony begins when Mrs. Mallard finds out her husband is dead. When she receives the information, she runs into her room crying hysterically. However, she is not crying out of sadness, she is happy he is gone. This is very ironic because the reader would assume she would be sad.
The irony continues when Mrs. Mallard finds out her husband is alive. When her husband walks into the room, she instantly faints and dies. It is ironic that Mrs. Mallard would end up dying because the reader assumes Mr. Mallard was the only death.
The irony ends when the doctors check Mrs. Mallards body. They declare that she died of a heart attack and describes it as a “joy that kills.” However, Mrs. Mallard was not happy at all. She was glad her husband was dead because she was finally free.
Romeo and Juliet I believe is a great example of irony because they both end up falling in love with each other and their families hate each other so you would think that they would also hate each other. Another scene of irony is at the end of the story and they both end up dead. They could had lived and not died and still be in love against their parents wishes.
The entire plotline of Shrek is ironic. Shrek is the hero and prince charming even though he is an ogre. Lord Farquad is the villain even though he is a nobleman. Princess Fiona is still wanted by Shrek even though she is ugly. The heroes noble steed is a donkey and the dragon is never slain. The hero and the princess live in a swamp after they are married. It is ironic because in a traditional fairy tale the beautiful princess and the nobleman get together after he vanquishes the monsters and saves the day and the maiden and they ride off on a white horse toward a shiny castle.
The wonderful Dr.Seuss is one of my favorite writers. Dr.Seuss made tons of children's books and almost all, if not all of the books have several pieces of irony. For instance, ‘The Lorax”, the most ironic part of the book to me is where the man who destroyed all of the trees gives a seed to the little boy. A little ironic that the killer of trees helps bring the trees back. I also find it kind of ironic that this book that was meant to tell the world to stop killing trees is made of this magical thing called paper created by wood from trees.
“The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant is an example of situational irony. Situational irony is when actions have an opposite effect from what was intended. In this story, Madame Loisel has lost the diamond necklace that she borrowed from Madame Forestier. She and husband finally get enough money to replace the necklace. She had to work for years and she gave up her wealthy lifestyle. Years later she meets Madame Forestier in the park and she tells her what she did to replace the necklace. It is ironic because the necklace was just costume jewelry, not even worth half as much as the replacement necklace.
The Son of Neptune is a book loaded with irony primarily made by the interactions of characters as well as the knowledge of the main characters’ backstories. Percy Jackson is placed memoryless into a camp of Roman demigods that are incredibly hostile towards Greeks but quickly becomes friends with two and goes on a quest with them. In order to reclaim his lost memories, he wins a potentially lethal bet against a man with the ability to see the future.
Frank Zhang, a long time misfit at camp, is claimed to be the son of Mars and is told by Mars to head a quest to free Thanatos, the god of death. Later in the quest Frank learns that he is a descendant of Poseidon and could quite literally become anything through his inherited ability to shapeshift. Due to Frank being so powerful a limitation is put on him in the form of a piece of firewood he can cause to ignite, but if it ever burns up completely he will die. Arriving at Hubbard glacier, he has to melt the unbreakable chains binding Thanatos using the piece of firewood his life is connected to. -Jared W. Godwin
An ironic literary work is Macbeth by William Shakespeare. This work by Shakespeare is ironic because the witches tell Macbeth that he will be king, but Macbeth knowing this makes him want it more. Macbeth's desire to be king is what ultimately ruins his chance, as Macbeth tries to become the king before he's destined time he messes up so much his future as king is decimated. Macbeth also has irony when Macbeth plans to kill Duncan, and only the audience is aware of it. This type of irony is dramatic irony, that’s in one scene of Macbeth, while the whole play is situational irony.
One of the most ironic films I've seen is the movie Fight Club. I wouldn't read this if you haven't seen the movie, because it's amazing but the whole movie will be ruined if you read this. The movie is about the narrator and his slowly growing anger over time. One day, he meets a man named Tyler Durden at a bar. They go on talking a bit before leaving the bar to where Tyler tells the narrator to hit him. They beat each other up in the parking lot, but don't stop. They make it a routine coming back until they start gathering attention, with people wanting to join at one point. They create the "Fight Club" and all the credit is going to Tyler. The narrator gets jealous with everything being about Tyler. One day, they club has even moved in with Tyler and the narrator after Tyler disappears one day. They start a criminal organization which starts to grow and eventually is known all over the world so the narrator tries to track Tyler down and stop him after. He comes to a realization at the end of the movie that he is Tyler, and that he was living two lives without knowing. He murders the Tyler that he sees and instead becomes the embodiment of the two. The whole movie was about his efforts to stop Tyler, only to learn it was him.
My example of irony in literature is the entire plot of “The Wizard of Oz” and what they find out at the end. Throughout the plot of the story Dorothy is just trying to find her way home after she is magically transported to Oz. She goes a long way and learns a lot of lessons that were necessary to her growth. You have no reason to doubt anything in the story, when all of the sudden you learn that everything that happened after she passed out was just an extremely vivid dream. This is irony because of the fact that we stay with her as she succeeded in overcoming so many obstacles only to find that she really didn’t do anything.
Parth A very ironic piece of literature is “The Lottery” by: Shirley Jackson. In this short story, the town bands together and whoever’s name is drawn, whoever wins the lottery is sentenced to death by stoning. This is very ironic due to the fact that we see that in today's day and age winning the lottery is very good. In the novel the main character has drawn the slip of paper that has the black dot on it. That means that the village will pummel her with stones. I find this very ironic due to the fact that usually the main character always lives.
One ironic literary work is The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The most prominent example of this is the fact that the American Dream is made to appear fake. Gatsby went from nothing to what seems to be everything, but he didn’t have love, the thing that he really wanted. The money and parties appeared almost worthless because he didn’t have someone to share it with. The rich people around him were not happy but merely spoiled people with little to no meaning in their lives.
The movie “Shark Tales” is an perfect example the whole movies is based off this fish who eventually becomes friends with a shark and and the end of the movie shark and fish finally beom fish. At the end of the movie though it is also stated that the father shrak should accept his son for who he is and not for who he isn’t. Its very ironic how shark are suppose to eat fish but in this case there are friends. Another ironic scene is the sushi bar in the coral reef. This is would be classified as ironic and cannibalism. -Stephanie Martinez
The irony is that Mr. Darcy is rich and has a very prominent part in the rich British society yet he falls in love with Elizabeth Bennet who isn't rich, well mannered or educated but she is able to capture his heat. They both fight their feelings which causes a lot of problems throughout the story but it's very ironic how two people from two different backgrounds come together and bring out the best in each other.
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A Ironic piece of literature I have read is nothing except for a few Garfield comics because it is ironic to see a cat kicking a dog into the air but the best ironic movie I have seen is It's a mad mad mad world since you would not expect the mother in law to steal the keys and put them in her bra in front of her son in law and the poor man trying to help them get the treasure.
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I actually agree with you here, Dalton. Garfield is very ironic because we tend to see cats cower away from dogs. However, Garfield is the king of the house and the dog seems to act as his peasant.
DeleteIt's just amazing that a lasagna loving cat can go against dogs without hesitation. Great example since anyone should comprehend this cool cat going against the flow.
DeleteI can see how "Garfield" would relate. Great job!
DeleteNice examples
DeleteI do see the ironic part of Garfield.
DeleteI see the ironic side of Garfield.
DeleteI really like this im glad someone els can relate to cartoons.
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ReplyDeleteA literary work that contains a sufficient amount of irony is the short story “The Lottery” by: Shirley Jackson. In this short story, the town bands together and whoever’s name is drawn, whoever wins “the lottery” is sentenced to death by stoning.
This is extremely ironic because this event is known as a lottery and a lottery is generally a good thing to win. When we think of lotteries, we think of having a very small chance at winning a million dollars, and if we do, we are very lucky. However, in this challenging story, whoever “wins” the lottery wins death.
Another ironic element to the story is that, the lottery winner, Tessie Hutchinson, was almost late to the lottery event. She had forgotten what day it was and had to run all the way into town to get there in time. If she had just not remembered, or had been just a little late, then she may not have “won” the lottery.
I completely agree that this is an ironic piece of literature, but when remembering the story, most ironic about it is the people of that town call towns that have stopped doing the lottery uncivilized, the irony in this case produced by our cultural and moral differences with the town the story is placed in.
DeleteI definitely agree, The lottery is one of those pieces that is incredibly ironic and twisted
DeleteThis is a very good example and incredibly ironic.
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ReplyDeleteThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz is an example of irony. The whole plot of the story and characters are a sample of situational irony. Dorothy goes to the wizard to try and find a way home. Later on she finds out she could’ve done that earlier. The Lion seems to be wimp who ends up being brave. Tin Man thinks he won’t be able to love but in the end he has a huge heart. The Scarecrow wants to be wise, and he discovers he is brilliant. The Wizard who was respected by everybody ends up being just an old man.
Honestly, my first reading "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" and discovering that the Wizard was just an ordinary man made me outraged. I agree, this literary work is very ironic.
DeleteI agree that this was ironic. He is called a powerful wizard when is just a normal person.
DeleteI think this whole piece of literature was full of irony. If I were Dorothy and found out I could've gone home earlier I probably would've gone insane.
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I absolutely agree with you. Great job!
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ReplyDeleteAn ironic work that many of us have read would be Romeo and Juliet. At the end when Romeo finds Juliet supposedly dead and kills himself, Juliet wakes to find her one love dead and finds the only way to be okay is to actually kill herself. In this work, personally, I wouldn't have expected this to happen and I thought it was ironic that they both ended up dead while they could've just stayed alive with one another.
I agree, this is obvious irony in "Romeo and Juliet," especially regarding their marriage and death.
DeleteThis is definitely an ironic piece of literature, and a very good one at that, in my opinion. I wouldn't have expected this to happen either but I thought it was a good plot twist and ending to the play.
DeleteI was outraged the first time I heard how "Romeo and Juliet" ended. This is great example of irony, definitely not expected.
DeleteRomeo and Juliet showed a lot of irony. That's a great example.
DeleteThis was a great example of extreme irony. Good job!
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ReplyDeleteAn ironic literary work that is familiar to me would have to be William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew.” In this play, Katherine is our evil, stubborn girl that refuses to act in an orderly manner and treat others with respect, as she only cares for herself. She won’t listen to her sister, or her husband, which is very surprising as most women of her time would obey their husbands wishes. However, at the end of the play, the husbands of the women make a bet on whose wife will appear first upon being summoned, and to everyone’s surprise, Katherine was the first wife to oblige to her husbands call. No one expected this as she was always known as a strong, independent woman who did not care about doing things for others. Katherine also scolds the other wives for not immediately coming to their husbands upon being called, even though in the beginning, she was scolding them for doing the opposite.
Great example of irony for its time as women sadly had to be obedient but she broke the flow and acted independently but intelligently.
DeleteThis story fits perfectly with an idea of irony; Katherine defies the common image of women at the beginning and then defies even herself near the end.
DeleteThat is such a twist and perfect example of irony.
DeleteI love your examples
DeleteAn ironic work I thought of was True Detective season 2 because it had a brand new cast and the viewer was pretty much just expecting to know who the new characters were since the cast was redone. The whole season is ironic but the best example would be the beginning when the detective's kid is lying to his father about his day at school and the boy eventually confesses that he got punched in the face by a bully and the dad takes him home. Afterwards, the father goes to the bullies house and knocks on the door, the bully answers. The father asks if he knew his kid and the bully said "yes" so he said "may I speak to your father." The kid gets his father and the detective talks about what his kid did to his son and he is talking out of pure anger mostly directed to the bully. The bullies dad says "don't talk to my son that way" and the detective punches the bullies dad until he fell on his knees and the detective starts saying "You like hurting people huh?" while ruthlessly beating the bullies father right in front of him. We the viewers were expecting something else like the man hitting the kid but instead seeing an innocent man being beaten for his kid mistakes.
ReplyDelete"A Raisin in the Sun" screams situational character irony all over. We see Walter Lee, a man trying to make it big in the world, who takes steps back rather than forward. He wants to be the man in charge, yet he bestows his work on another rather than doing it himself and loses it all. Another ironic character is Mama. She wants to raise a family in a nice home. She chooses to buy a home in an all white neighborhood; at the time, people who did this got bombed by the other racist residences. She just wanted to give her family a nice life and have a garden, but what is the point if everything you work for goes up in a ball of flames. For a last point, Beneatha is also ironic. Her goal is that she becomes independent and a doctor. Her family has to guide her a lot along the way, and she is know throw small tantrums whenever things do not go her way. Her character is not yet ready to be an adult, but rather she still acts a child.
ReplyDeleteI agree "A Raisin in the Sun" is a great example of irony especially Walter Lee. I like that you included a few examples of irony and you have very good explanations.
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ReplyDeleteDramatic irony is when the audience knows something that the character doesn't, and there is a great example of this in The Flash. During this series we grow to love a character known as Dr. Harrison Wells, but we know there is something off about him from the start. Harrison Wells is too nice to Barry for something not to be wrong with him. He is too anxious to get Barry back to Star Labs, which causes suspicion amongst viewers, but Barry is not the least bit suspicious. Barry couldn't dare think anything bad of his role model.
Harrison Wells created a device called a particle accelerator, which backfired and exploded killing many and leaving his legs useless. He could not walk, his only way of transportation was by wheelchair, or was it? A few episodes in we see Harrison stand up in a hidden room within Star Labs proving our suspicions right. No other living character knew this, which made this dramatic irony. We knew that Harrison was capable of walking, but no one else did. The question that episode left viewers with is: Why would Dr. Wells lie? What is he up to that requires him to lie about his mobility? Well, the answer to that is rather easy. Early on viewers suspect Wells as being the Reverse Flash (another speedster), which is ironic because he is in a wheelchair, so my answer is because Harrison being in a wheelchair immediately eliminates him as a suspect. Then when viewers find out Harrison was lying about his mobility he becomes the prime suspect.
This show is filled with irony, from the simple fact of Dr. Wells being in a wheelchair to the dramatic irony that we know that Wells is perfectly capable of walking. Irony is everywhere in literature, which keeps things either suspenseful or comical.
The Flash sounds interesting. It definitely sounds as if the show if filled with irony, great example.
DeleteI remember when I found out about Dr. Wells and how outraged I was with the whole situation.
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Good example, makes me want to give Flash a try!
DeleteAwesome examples!
DeleteBy: Hannah Berckman
ReplyDeleteIrony is one of the best and worst things that can happen in a story. In The Hunger Games, Katniss volunteers in Prim's place to keep her out of the games because she knew she wouldn't make it. Once Katniss wins the games and returns home, she is reaped for the 75th Hunger Games. Once she and her alliance ruins the games, she flees to District 12 to find that it has been bombed by the Capitol. They make it to District 13 and from there, Prim becomes a medic. She is sent to the Capitol to help the sick citizens. There are children outside of President Snow's house and a hovercraft appears, dropping parachutes like the ones from the games to the children. It turns out half of the parachutes are filled with explosives and many of the children are injured. Prim rushes to help them but she is killed by one of the parachutes near her. I find her death ironic because Katniss' main goal was to protect Prim from the Capitol but she ended up dying to the Capitol.
I agree; in the first movie Katniss is protecting her sister only for her sister to tragically end up dying in the last movie. It was very sad.
DeleteI couldn't agree more. You hit this post right out of the park, and it has caused me to have a better appreciation for theses movies. (Not to mention they're my favorite)!!! ~ Caleb C.
DeleteThis was a good example of irony, a sad example of irony as well. Prim's death was probably written in stone at the beginning. Good example!
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This is extremely ironic and I have never thought about it before. Great connection!
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ReplyDeleteIn the movie "Finding Nemo" by Disney, Marlin is an unfunny Clown fish who is a father to a younger clown fish named Nemo. When it is Nemo's first day of school, the teacher takes them to see the reef. Nemo is with a group of fish and other sea animals, and they sneak off to the edge of the reef. When Marlin finds Nemo, he is arguing about trying to keep him safe and to to not go passed the edge. When Nemo rebels against his dad and swims out over the edge, and comes back, Nemo is captured by scuba divers and taken away from his father.
When Marlin sets off to find his son Nemo, he runs into a forgetful fish named Dory, and meets a group of sharks who are against eating fish. After finding out where the scuba divers took Nemo, Marlin and Dory set off to his rescue. When there Marlin and Dory meet a pelican who is friends with fish, and he helps Marlin and Dory get to Nemo. When there they find Nemo dead (he's really not dead), and is being flushed down the toilet, (in the dentist office, where he was taken). When back into the water, Marlin and Dory start to go home when Marlin leaves Dory to find her own way home. Nemo then finds Dory and asks if she knows Marlin. When Dory remembers that Marlin is Nemo's dad and that he was looking for Nemo, she rushes Nemo to find him to reunite them back to together.
If you are wondering what part is ironic well, #1. Marlin is a Clown fish that is not funny. #2. The sharks that Marlin and Dory meet do not eat fish, and #3. The pelican that helps Marlin and Dory is friends with fish also. The most ironic part in this movie is #4. When Marlin is terrified of his son getting lost, or hurt. Well that's exactly what happens to Nemo. He is captured by scuba divers, and then found 'dead' and flushed down a toilet.
I like how you use "Finding Nemo" and yes, there is a lot of irony in movie but I would have not notice a lot of it.
DeleteI never realized how much irony was in this classic tale. Although, I do remember Marlin not being a funny fish, but being a clown fish. Very interesting connections.
DeleteI never noticed the irony in Finding Nemo. Good job!
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ReplyDeleteAccording to google irony is “the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.” One particular movie that contains irony is the Disney movie “Frozen”.
“Frozen” is a movie about two sisters, the younger sister named Anna and the older sister named Elsa. Elsa has the magic power of being able to freeze items when she wants but when she and her sister were little Elsa accidentally froze Anna’s heart. When Elsa got upset she accidentally froze everything, therefore, her sister Anna went on a journey to find a way to reverse what her sister Elsa had done. While Anna was on the journey of finding a cure to Elsa’s freeze she meet a man named Kristoff and his comrade reindeer. Also on the journey Anna becomes very weak due to her frozen heart luckily Kristoff knows rock people who can heal her. In the end Anna saves the day which is ironic because she is the warmth that heals her sister’s cold and unfreezes the whole town. Anna being the warmth is ironic because her sister had froze her heart which would make her cold not warm.
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ReplyDeleteA piece of ironic literature is found in the novel Paper Towns by John Green. In this book, a girl named Margo leaves and when she does, she also leaves clues for Quentin, a boy she went on a huge adventure with the night before she departed.
Quentin thought that Margo was leaving the clues so that he could find her and bring her back home with him, but when Quentin finally found Margo, she didn’t leave with him. He spent all of his and his friends time looking for a girl that didn’t even wish to be found.
I've never thought of Paper Towns this way!
DeleteThis is so very true and very ironic. The girl unconsciously related her escape to poems and such. Plus, the boy figured out clues she didn't even realize she left!
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ReplyDeleteI believe that 'Dexter' is very ironic because he is a cop, but at the same time he is a serial killer. It's kind of funny that he is helping put killers away and at the same time killing. He convinced himself he was doing a good thing by killing killers. It includes a lot of dramatic irony because we know Dexter is a murderer, but his coworkers and sister have no idea. His sister for most of the show had no idea what he was doing and when she found out she started working with him. This show was addictive to watch because it was the best thing ever; it was upsetting when it ended.
The author may be making accusations to say that cops are actually killers just using the law to justify their crimes.
DeleteThis a good example. I see how it is very ironic.
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ReplyDeleteWhen I think of ironic literary work, I think of "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson. This entire piece of literature is one big irony.
First thing, the title. Typically when people think of the lottery they think of people winning money and getting rich, not getting stoned by the people in their town. In this case, the lottery was getting stoned by the people.
Second, the names of some of the characters. I would like to talk about one man, specifically, Mr. Graves. Mr. Graves is one of the people that help with drawing the names and it is just so ironic that his name is Mr. Graves and they're getting ready to stone someone.
Lastly, the person who gets stoned. Tessie Hutchinson was late arriving to the gathering and was a little upset because she forgot today was the day. As she makes her way to her husband and children, she watches as the names are going to be drawn. After all the drawing, Tessie is picked to be stoned. This is so ironic because she was late and upset about it and she ended up getting stoned. Another ironic thing is that her husband and children helped to stone her, they didn't show any mercy just because it was their mom and wife.
This story tripped me out. Who would stone someone and why? Great example. -Kalynne
DeleteThis is a great example. The Lottery is one of those stories built upon irony. Great analysis!
DeleteThe short story “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant is a perfect example of irony. The main character Mathilde feels she deserves the best, but can’t always get what she sees as the best since she married a man who isn’t rich. When her and her husband get invited to go to a party Mathilde feels she needs to be wearing something more luxurious than what she owns. She goes to one of her wealthy friends and borrows an exquisite diamond necklace to wear. Towards the end of the night she loses the necklace. Mathilde and her husband found a necklace that looked exactly like it and bought it, but they ended up in debt. Both her and her husband had to work strenuous jobs to pay off the debt they were in. A few years later Mathilde runs into her friend that let her borrow the necklace and learns that the original necklace was a fake.
ReplyDeleteThis whole situation is ironic because if Mathilde would’ve just told her friend she would have learned the necklace was a fake, she wouldn’t have had to buy a replacement, and work years to pay off the debt for the replacement necklace.
-Piper Colangelo
I love this. When we read it in the 9th grade and got to the end, I about died. This is a wonderful example.
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I remember reading it back in 9th grade. I enjoy the story and the irony in it.
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ReplyDeleteIrony can be used for many things. It can be used as symbolism, foreshadowing, or just for humor. An example of a literary work with irony would be "The Cask of Amondillado" by Edgar Allan Poe. The story is about a man named Montresor who hates his former acquaintance Fortunado for insulting him so he comes up with a plan to kill him. Fortunado is dressed in a court jester outfit and his name "Fortunado" means "the fortunate one." Montresor's plan to kill Fortunado consists of getting him drunk, leading him underground through tunnels, then trapping him inside the walls where no one can hear or find him. That is where the irony comes in. The whole time Fortunado thought that Montresor was his friend. He was dressed as a court jester but he was the one to get fooled and "The fortunate one" met a very unfortunate fate in the end.
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ReplyDeleteThere is almost irony in everything. One piece of literature that has irony in it, is The Taming of the Shrew. Katherine is the hardhead that doesn´t listen to anyone. Petruchio is her husband but she never listens to him or pays him any mind. Katherine is a strong women and towards the end of the play the men place a bet. First one to get their woman over here by calling their name wins. None of them come out except for Katherine. It is ironic because no one would have suspected her to come out in the beginning. Then she yells at everyone because the other woman didn't come to their men.
Agreed. You have helped me to have a better understanding and comprehension. ~ Caleb C.
DeleteI also agree, I never though of The Taming of the Shrew to be ironic.
Delete"Romeo and Juliet" by Shakespeare is a perfect example of irony. Romeo' family and Juliet's family hated each other and would often get into fight with other. People would expect Romeo and Juliet to hate each other too but instead, they fall in love. Also irony in the book is when Romeo tried to stop a fight Mercutio and Tybalt but in the end, Mercutio got killed.
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ReplyDeleteOne literary work that I believe to have irony is the video game "Deus Ex: Human Revolution." As I've stated before, the game takes place in the year 2027, and follows the story of a security chief named "Adam Jensen" on his adventures to learn the truth behind an attack on his company in the past.
One case of irony I can think of is how many people believe augments are dangerous and only lead to death. In Adam's case, however, augments helped save his life. This is ironic because dispite people's beliefs that augments are dangerous to mankind, they helped save people's lives. Another case of irony in the game, or rather the story in general, is Adam's involvement with augmentation-based conflicts. In Deus Ex: Human Revolution, he is an augmented security guard. In the unreleased sequel, "Deus Ex: Mankind Divided," he is a member of a combat group tasked with hunting down augmented personel. This is ironic as Adam is an augmented individual himself, working to hunt down fellow augmented men.
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ReplyDeleteRomeo and Juliet has to be the ultimate example of irony. So, we have a young girl and boy. They meet, fall in love and realize their chances of working are almost none because their families are against one another. So they plan this grand plan to be together, Romeo of course messes it up and gets thrown out of town. So they are going to run away together. Juliette has a last minute thing that Romeo is not aware of; she will take a potion to make her appear dead. Someone was suppose to tell him, but, they did not leaving him to assume his love is indeed dead. The two lovebirds could have lived happily ever after, yet, they killed themselves on false belief the other was already dead. What is even more ironic is once they were gone the reason they couldn’t be together, their family’s hatred and rivalry for one another was solved.
ReplyDeleteI agree, this is a great example of ironic work.
DeleteIrony is found in almost every work of literature. It can be funny, sad, good, and bad. Irony is typically something in a literary work that is clear to the audience, but not to the characters in the work.
ReplyDeleteOne ironic litererary work that I know of is "Breaking Bad." This television series is about a man named Walter White who has cancer and needs a way to provide money for his family. Walter discovers that making methamphetamines is the way to do it. The irony in this is that Walter's brother-in-law is a police officer, who happens to be looking for the person who makes the meth. Hank, Walter's brother-in-law, is unaware that Walter is the guy he's looking for. The audience knows this the whole time. The irony in "Breaking Bad" is that throughout the entire show, there are things that the characters are unaware of, but the audience typically knows.
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ReplyDeleteOne ironic movie that I can think of is Monster’s Inc. In this movie monsters try to scare little kids in their sleep. They have a door that they open and go into, they then try and scare the kids. That part isn't ironic because monster are supposed to scare kids. But the ironic part of the movie is when Boo escapes her room and goes into the monster plant. When Sulie discovers her he is more scared of her then she is of him. All the monsters are scared to death of Boo and she isn't scared by them at all.
Whenever I think of an ironic literary work, I think of “The Crucible”. In the beginning of “The Crucible” a man was questioned about whether or not he had ever signed a contract for the devil and he said no. Later on in the book, people were trying to make him sign something stating that he had work for the devil. Since he never worked for the devil and had signed the paper then he would have basically lied to he would then be considered a sinner and even if he didn’t sign it, he would have been accused of working for the devil. So either way, he’s screwed.
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This is very ironic! Good example.
DeleteThe Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin is a famous short story built upon irony. This story is a about a woman, Mrs. Mallard, finding out her husband has died. However, she then learns the information is false when her husband returns to home.
ReplyDeleteThe irony begins when Mrs. Mallard finds out her husband is dead. When she receives the information, she runs into her room crying hysterically. However, she is not crying out of sadness, she is happy he is gone. This is very ironic because the reader would assume she would be sad.
The irony continues when Mrs. Mallard finds out her husband is alive. When her husband walks into the room, she instantly faints and dies. It is ironic that Mrs. Mallard would end up dying because the reader assumes Mr. Mallard was the only death.
The irony ends when the doctors check Mrs. Mallards body. They declare that she died of a heart attack and describes it as a “joy that kills.” However, Mrs. Mallard was not happy at all. She was glad her husband was dead because she was finally free.
I don't follow your description of the story's irony very well, but I do understand it partially.
DeleteRomeo and Juliet I believe is a great example of irony because they both end up falling in love with each other and their families hate each other so you would think that they would also hate each other. Another scene of irony is at the end of the story and they both end up dead. They could had lived and not died and still be in love against their parents wishes.
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DeleteThe entire plotline of Shrek is ironic. Shrek is the hero and prince charming even though he is an ogre. Lord Farquad is the villain even though he is a nobleman. Princess Fiona is still wanted by Shrek even though she is ugly. The heroes noble steed is a donkey and the dragon is never slain. The hero and the princess live in a swamp after they are married. It is ironic because in a traditional fairy tale the beautiful princess and the nobleman get together after he vanquishes the monsters and saves the day and the maiden and they ride off on a white horse toward a shiny castle.
ReplyDeleteThe wonderful Dr.Seuss is one of my favorite writers. Dr.Seuss made tons of children's books and almost all, if not all of the books have several pieces of irony. For instance, ‘The Lorax”, the most ironic part of the book to me is where the man who destroyed all of the trees gives a seed to the little boy. A little ironic that the killer of trees helps bring the trees back. I also find it kind of ironic that this book that was meant to tell the world to stop killing trees is made of this magical thing called paper created by wood from trees.
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Post by: Kayla Williamson
ReplyDelete“The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant is an example of situational irony. Situational irony is when actions have an opposite effect from what was intended. In this story, Madame Loisel has lost the diamond necklace that she borrowed from Madame Forestier. She and husband finally get enough money to replace the necklace. She had to work for years and she gave up her wealthy lifestyle. Years later she meets Madame Forestier in the park and she tells her what she did to replace the necklace. It is ironic because the necklace was just costume jewelry, not even worth half as much as the replacement necklace.
The Son of Neptune is a book loaded with irony primarily made by the interactions of characters as well as the knowledge of the main characters’ backstories. Percy Jackson is placed memoryless into a camp of Roman demigods that are incredibly hostile towards Greeks but quickly becomes friends with two and goes on a quest with them. In order to reclaim his lost memories, he wins a potentially lethal bet against a man with the ability to see the future.
ReplyDeleteFrank Zhang, a long time misfit at camp, is claimed to be the son of Mars and is told by Mars to head a quest to free Thanatos, the god of death. Later in the quest Frank learns that he is a descendant of Poseidon and could quite literally become anything through his inherited ability to shapeshift. Due to Frank being so powerful a limitation is put on him in the form of a piece of firewood he can cause to ignite, but if it ever burns up completely he will die. Arriving at Hubbard glacier, he has to melt the unbreakable chains binding Thanatos using the piece of firewood his life is connected to.
-Jared W. Godwin
An ironic literary work is Macbeth by William Shakespeare. This work by Shakespeare is ironic because the witches tell Macbeth that he will be king, but Macbeth knowing this makes him want it more. Macbeth's desire to be king is what ultimately ruins his chance, as Macbeth tries to become the king before he's destined time he messes up so much his future as king is decimated. Macbeth also has irony when Macbeth plans to kill Duncan, and only the audience is aware of it. This type of irony is dramatic irony, that’s in one scene of Macbeth, while the whole play is situational irony.
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ReplyDeleteOne of the most ironic films I've seen is the movie Fight Club. I wouldn't read this if you haven't seen the movie, because it's amazing but the whole movie will be ruined if you read this. The movie is about the narrator and his slowly growing anger over time. One day, he meets a man named Tyler Durden at a bar. They go on talking a bit before leaving the bar to where Tyler tells the narrator to hit him. They beat each other up in the parking lot, but don't stop. They make it a routine coming back until they start gathering attention, with people wanting to join at one point. They create the "Fight Club" and all the credit is going to Tyler. The narrator gets jealous with everything being about Tyler. One day, they club has even moved in with Tyler and the narrator after Tyler disappears one day. They start a criminal organization which starts to grow and eventually is known all over the world so the narrator tries to track Tyler down and stop him after. He comes to a realization at the end of the movie that he is Tyler, and that he was living two lives without knowing. He murders the Tyler that he sees and instead becomes the embodiment of the two. The whole movie was about his efforts to stop Tyler, only to learn it was him.
My example of irony in literature is the entire plot of “The Wizard of Oz” and what they find out at the end. Throughout the plot of the story Dorothy is just trying to find her way home after she is magically transported to Oz. She goes a long way and learns a lot of lessons that were necessary to her growth. You have no reason to doubt anything in the story, when all of the sudden you learn that everything that happened after she passed out was just an extremely vivid dream. This is irony because of the fact that we stay with her as she succeeded in overcoming so many obstacles only to find that she really didn’t do anything.
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DeleteA very ironic piece of literature is “The Lottery” by: Shirley Jackson. In this short story, the town bands together and whoever’s name is drawn, whoever wins the lottery is sentenced to death by stoning. This is very ironic due to the fact that we see that in today's day and age winning the lottery is very good. In the novel the main character has drawn the slip of paper that has the black dot on it. That means that the village will pummel her with stones. I find this very ironic due to the fact that usually the main character always lives.
One ironic literary work is The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The most prominent example of this is the fact that the American Dream is made to appear fake. Gatsby went from nothing to what seems to be everything, but he didn’t have love, the thing that he really wanted. The money and parties appeared almost worthless because he didn’t have someone to share it with. The rich people around him were not happy but merely spoiled people with little to no meaning in their lives.
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The movie “Shark Tales” is an perfect example the whole movies is based off this fish who eventually becomes friends with a shark and and the end of the movie shark and fish finally beom fish. At the end of the movie though it is also stated that the father shrak should accept his son for who he is and not for who he isn’t. Its very ironic how shark are suppose to eat fish but in this case there are friends. Another ironic scene is the sushi bar in the coral reef. This is would be classified as ironic and cannibalism. -Stephanie Martinez
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The irony is that Mr. Darcy is rich and has a very prominent part in the rich British society yet he falls in love with Elizabeth Bennet who isn't rich, well mannered or educated but she is able to capture his heat. They both fight their feelings which causes a lot of problems throughout the story but it's very ironic how two people from two different backgrounds come together and bring out the best in each other.
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