Situational and Dramatic Irony in Story of an Hour,...

In the stories â€Å"Story of an Hour†, â€Å"Everyday Use†, â€Å"The Necklace†, and â€Å"The Lottery† it is evident that irony was quite a large part of the short story. There is situational irony, which is when the situation turns out differently than expected. Also, dramatic irony is present, which is when you as a reader knows more than the character. The authors seem to base their whole story around irony to surprise their readers. There are a couple of examples of situational irony that is apparent throughout â€Å"Story of an Hourâ€Å". Mr. Mallard being dead is one. The messenger comes and says that there was a train crash and Mr. Mallard was in it. Mr. Mallard is indeed not dead but we think he is but at the end he comes walking in the door.†¦show more content†¦Now all of a sudden she has Black Muslim family and wants to impress them so she returns to grab things that are part of her family’s heritage. That are only i nterested in what they stand for and not for whom they stand for. Then as soon as she pays a visit to her home, she picks up and walks out again. It is obvious, to her heritage is for show not for living. The situational irony is present as well. Selfish Dee expects to be able to just walk into Mama’s house and take what she wants. Instead, Mama finally realizes that Maggie deserves the quilts because she understands her heritage. Mama actually understands what Dee is becoming and decides to give the quilts to Maggie. There is plenty of irony in â€Å"The Necklace†. The situational irony in this story happens at the end of the story when Mathilde, who really does not like hard labor or anything lower class finds out that she has had to give up the greatest years of her life to save up and replace a necklace that she discovers is a fake. For a person who prided herself in that kind of taste and appearance on the upper class could not even tell the difference between the fake and valuable. The dramatic