Spoiler Alert: If you have not read these books and wish to read them without knowing the ending, you may want to skip this section. She goes home filled with new life, excited to tell Rhett about this realization and to shower him with her undivided affection from now on.
But when she arrives, a totally different Rhett meets her—a resigned, broken man who has decided to leave her because he could never compete with her devotion to Ashley. The story ends with Scarlett reassuring herself that she can get whatever she wants—but it also leaves the reader to question whether she will really succeed this time.
In this eighth installment in the Anne of Green Gables classic series, Montgomery follows the experiences of her youngest daughter, Rilla, as World War I breaks out.
In the first part of the book, Montgomery effectively portrays the bond between a dog named Monday and his master Jem. Towards the second half of the book, as the death toll continues to rise under the war, the dog Monday is seen waiting at the train station for his beloved master to come back. One night, he is suddenly heard howling an ungodly howl, leading the reader to believe that his behavior is linked to a death in the family, most likely his master Jem.
In this short story, Reuben and his wife Emily do whatever it takes to be able to afford the house on the hill: cutting back on all luxuries, barely having their basic necessities, and Reuben even giving up his favorite pastime of eating peanuts. Finally, they reach the pinnacle of all their efforts and dreams.
And when, at just under 60 years old, they finally move into the new house, Reuben decides, for the first time, to splurge on the one thing he has given up so long but always craved: peanuts! In this page you can discover 75 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for ironic, like: paradoxical, humorous, unexpected, satiric, sarcastic, sincere, satirical, mocking, cynical, contradictory and incongruous.
Antonyms: congruous, humourless, humorless, congruent, unhumorous. Synonyms: ironical, teetotal, wry, dry, juiceless. A coincidence is when two or more things happen. Irony is when two or more things happen that have a poetic justice or profound truth as the outcome. So if you went around talking about superstition being bogus and were hit by a brick whilst walking under a ladder that would be ironic, it could also be a coincidence.
As adjectives the difference between irony and ironic is that irony is of or pertaining to the metal iron while ironic is characterized by or constituting any kind of irony. Irony is often confused with sarcasm. While the two are similar, in sarcasm there is a stronger intent to ridicule or mock, often harshly or crudely. Dramatic Irony occurs when the audience of a movie, play, etc. Examples of Dramatic Irony: Girl in a horror film hides in a closet where the killer just went the audience knows the killer is there, but she does not.
A kind intention or a cruel intention made the act seem no less a crime as she looked upon it in that brief moment of illumination. Her loved ones assume that she is in a state of shock and bereavement, though her true feelings contradict that assumption. Her hair badly dressed, her skirts awry, her hands red, she spoke in a loud tone , and washed the floors in large pails of water. But sometimes, when her husband was at the office, she would seat herself before the window and think of that evening party of former times, of that ball where she was so beautiful and so flattered.
When the Loisels are invited to a ball, Mathilde borrows what she believes to be a diamond necklace from her friend. This lowers their economic and social position even further, which represents situational irony in the story. This reversal of fortune demonstrates further situational irony in the story.
Being wise, their gifts were no doubt wise ones, possibly bearing the privilege of exchange in case of duplication. And here I have lamely related to you the uneventful chronicle of two foolish children in a flat who most unwisely sacrificed for each other the greatest treasures of their house.
But in a last word to the wise of these days let it be said that of all who give gifts these two were the wisest. Which, of course, you already are, but dramatic irony just underscores it. Ultimately, this ironic technique is about allowing the reader foresight and arousing curiosity—it gives the writer freedom to add more aspects to the story, more layers to interpret, and extra details to notice, that might otherwise have been overlooked.
These types of irony can give you flexibility to make your themes broader and more potent, as well as embellishing upon the interplay between your characters. Humorous fiction writer, poet and novelist. Fond of satire. Interested in comic novels, black comedy and tales of satirical derring-do. Please ensure all comments abide by the Thanet Writers Comments Policy.
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