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Irony in The Story of an Hour
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Dramatic Irony
The reader knows Mrs. Mallard feels free after her husband's death, but other characters think she is grief-stricken, which heightens the dramatic irony when her death is misinterpreted as being caused by joy.
Situational Irony
Mrs. Mallard's death is the ultimate situational irony because she dies from the shock of seeing her husband alive, which is the opposite of the freedom she just began to cherish.
Dramatic Irony
The doctors announce Mrs. Mallard died of 'heart disease—of joy that kills,' which is dramatically ironic because the reader knows that her joy was actually about her impending independence and her shock was due to its sudden loss.
Verbal Irony
Mrs. Mallard whispers 'Free, free, free!' after learning of her husband's death, which is verbally ironic because freedom is usually associated with joy, but here, it mockingly foreshadows her tragic end.
Situational Irony
Josephine is worried Mrs. Mallard is making herself ill by grieving alone, but ironically, Mrs. Mallard is actually experiencing joy by herself, pondering her new life.
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