What are examples of Verbal Situational and Dramatic Ironies in Tom Sawyer?

Answer 1

Well see tom sawyer himself is situational for the fact being he belives the books he reads are reality but in actuality there fiction. Also most readers would expect that when they are trying to help Jim escape that they would lighten the load on themselves but no tom has to make everything harder to meet requirments that are left for him in the books. Also Tom knows Jim is already free but the reader thinks the main reason is the fact that he wanted to free Jim but in actuality he is freeing a free man.

Well see tom sawyer himself is situational for the fact being he belives the books he reads are reality but in actuality there fiction. Also most readers would expect that when they are trying to help Jim escape that they would lighten the load on themselves but no tom has to make everything harder to meet requirments that are left for him in the books. Also Tom knows Jim is already free but the reader thinks the main reason is the fact that he wanted to free Jim but in actuality he is freeing a free man.

Answer 2

Tom Knows Jim is already free but the reader thinks the main reason is the fact that he wanted to free Jim but really he is freeing an already free man.

We know that Tom is alive being a "pirate" with Huck and Joe, but Aunt Polly believes that Tom is dead.

Answer 3

Many times in this story Twain uses humorous irony to criticize the hypocrisy of adult society, which only perceives the worth of its members once they have passed away. While alive, most of the adults in St. Petersburg fail to recognize the worth of Tom, Huck, and Joe (Aunt Polly is an exception). When the town presumes the children to be dead, however, it frantically calls out search boats and mourns. With all of their mental maturity, even the adults of the town cannot justify the regret they have for not appreciating the boys more during their lives. Ironically, Tom's understanding of how the town will react to the boys' survival proves that even though he is young and preoccupied with imagination and games, he possesses greater knowledge of human psychology than the town members themselves.

Answer 4

verbal: At the boys funeral, the minister praises the boys as good, sweet children, yet fails to mention all of their mischievous ways.

situational: The boys want to smoke with Huck, thinking they'll look super cool, yet they get sick and have to make an excuse to leave the campsite when they do smoke.

dramatic: Tom tells Aunt Polly, Mary, and Sid about his "dream" , but we know that it wasn't a dream- he visited home without getting caught by the family.

Answer 5

One example of verbal irony in "Tom Sawyer" is when Tom tricks his friends into whitewashing the fence for him by making it seem like a fun and desirable task. Situational irony can be seen when Tom and Huckleberry Finn witness their own funeral held by the townspeople after they run away and are presumed dead. Dramatic irony occurs when Tom pretends to be drowned in the river, and the readers know he is alive while the characters do not.