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ex: if someone breaks their leg and has it amputated an ironic statement would be saying "well that will be hard to run for the bus now
'Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair' is ironic because there is nothing left but the giant pair of legs.
Oedipus unknowingly marries his mother, Jocasta, and begets children with her. The statement is ironic because when he refers to the marriage bed as his "bed of seed," he unknowingly alludes to the incestuous nature of his relationship with Jocasta.
Large parties are more personal.
He makes this statement in a piece advocating eating children.
Lady Macbeth's statement "What is done is done" is ironic because she says it to try to reassure herself and her husband after Duncan's murder, when in reality, the consequences of their actions continue to haunt them throughout the play. The statement reflects Lady Macbeth's attempts to suppress her guilt and anxiety by dismissing the gravity of their crimes, which ultimately leads to their downfall.
Irony is when the opposite of what you would expect to happen actually happens. A firehouse burning down to the ground is ironic because you would never expect that to happen.
No (that was ironic).
He tells Ooka that stealing a large amount of rice would be dishonest.
An example of verbal irony in Antigone is the "good Creon". He is actually considered bad by Antigone and therefore her statement is ironic.
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