Irony, Suspense, And Suspense Of A Mystery Novel By Agatha Christie

In the novel ‘’Night’’ Eliezer survives from Auschwitz and surprisingly almost dies from food poisoning.The irony in this is that he could of died many ways at Auschwitz but ultimately almost dies from food poisoning.That is also a form of situational irony meaning that the situation turns opposite of what you expect.Another example of situational irony in’’Night’’ is when Chlomo Wiesel makes a remark about the yellow Jewish star,mocking it by asking if its lethal,but wearing the yellow star is what kills him in the story.In this essay I’ll be giving you more three more examples of irony throughout the novel ‘’Night’’.

Irony, a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result. Throughout Night there is use of situational and verbal irony. This use of irony keeps the reader interested. The use of irony causes the reader to know things that the characters often are not aware of.

Dramatic irony was a major element used for implementing suspense in to the film. A representation of irony shown in the movie that showcases

Irony in stories can make it funnier, more interesting, or exciting to read. With some types of irony you can get that sort of suspense to the story. Irony can be in a views in a couple ways; you can have situational when you expect something to happen and the total opposite happens, then you have verbal irony, which is when someone says one thing, but something different is really meant. Then there is dramatic irony, which is when the audience knows but not the character does not. In “Good Country People” (O’Connor 116) there are two types of irony: Situational and dramatic irony. Some of the points of irony in the story are the names in the story including the title, the characters, and the central plot of the story.

Irony is a useful device for giving stories many unexpected twists and turns. In Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour," irony is used as an effective literary device. Situational irony is used to show the reader that what is expected to happen sometimes doesn't. Dramatic irony is used to clue the reader in on something that is happening that the characters in the story do not know about. Irony is used throughout Chopin's "The Story of an Hour" through the use of situational irony and the use of dramatic irony.

By now, you should have learned about irony, one of the most important literary devices used. There are many definitions of irony, but a simple definition is the contrast between what was supposed to happen and what actually happens. Irony is separated into three types: situational irony (you crave oranges, turns out you are allergic to them), verbal irony (“Oh, you are so funny!” when someone is not funny [sarcasm]), and dramatic irony (while reading, you know there is a monster in the closet, but the character does not). Many examples of irony are given in the novel Brave New World, a novel set in the future where humans are biologically engineered and conditioned for their role in society. The novel exemplifies irony because even though

A sense of dramatic irony is thought to be used throughout the reading. However, the book often takes a turn so that the reader’s previous thoughts on the plot are changed.

The author of the story “Lamb to the Slaughter”, Roald Dahl, uses a significant amount of irony throughout the story. Dahl uses irony to make his story more appealing to the reader by keeping them engaged. An example of irony in the story is when Mary is six months pregnant and her husband expresses he is leaving her, so she murders him. The audience would have never seen this coming because the author expresses Mary’s feelings from the beginning of the story by saying, “She loved him for the way he sat loosely in a chair, for the way he came in the door or moved slowly across the room with long strides. She loved the intent, far look in his eyes when they rested on her, the funny shape of the mouth, and especially the way he remained silent about his tiredness, sitting still with himself until the whiskey had taken some of it away.” (Dahl 1-2). When Dahl shares Mary’s feelings, the reader concludes that Mary is an innocent, loving wife that truly loves her husband and would do absolutely anything for him. But when Mary murders him after he decides to leave, situational irony appears. This is an example of situational irony because the reader would never expect Mary to murder her husband, but the exact opposite occurs. Dahl also uses situational irony as an example of language. The language makes the story more intriguing and exciting. The situational irony is used in the story to shock the reader and to create the climax of the plot.

-Dramatic Irony is when the words and actions of the characters in a work of literature are known to the audience or reader, but they are not known to certain characters in the story. The reader or audience has a greater knowledge of many of the characters themselves.

The author uses situational irony in the novel to get the reader's attention (the events in the novel are the opposite to what the reader intended it to be). For example, in the novel, a nurse in the World State informs the Director about how a young child isn’t having sexual relations with the other children. The children are fed Soma (sex inducing drug), and they have sexual encounters with one another. The nurse’s remark is shocking to the reader as it is a completely different cultural perspective to what the reader is used to. The reader is surprised when the nurse tells the director that something is wrong when the children aren’t performing sexual acts.

Situational irony, on the other hand, plays with the difference between expectations and reality. Catherine experiences this plenty as she lets her love for Gothic literature consume her thoughts and convince her of what is not. She is so inexperienced that she swallows everything she reads uncritically.

Armstrong strip away any sense of order. These parts of the plots become the climax of And Then There Were None. The killer gets more confusing. The continual complications in conflict and situations cause the plot to get more and more intense. Therefore, these things build a horrible and supernatural atmosphere in the whole plot. At the end of this story, readers still stay in confusion until a fishing trawler finds Mr. Justice Wargrave’s manuscript document and indicate that Mr. Justice Wargrave is suspended animation and he is the real murderer. Compared the traditional detective story with And Then There Were None, readers can find that the murderer and the detective are the same person – Mr. Justice Wargrave, which is also unexpected. That is a surprising

Situational irony occurs when there is a situation which appears to have an assumed conclusion, but then something ironic happens and the end result is different than what was expected. Harrison, the unique son of George and Hazel, is a tall, strong man who is attempting to overthrow the government. He manages to break out of jail and takes control of the television station, declaring himself the Emperor. Just as it appears that he is going to succeed in his takeover, the Handicapper General came into the studio. ”She fired twice, and the Emperor and the Empress were dead before they hit the floor.” This is not the expected outcome and creates irony in this situation.

Furthermore, dramatic irony is abundantly found throughout And Then There Were None. Dramatic irony occurs when the readers are aware of a particular event or instance transpiring, however, the characters are simultaneously oblivious as it arises. First, dramatic irony is communicated in the beginning of the book. The novel’s characters are invited to Indian Island for various reasons, and the invitations are signed under the name “U.N. Owen”, except for Justice Wargrave’s letter. After the arrival of all of the characters, they come to what they deem to be a modest realization that none of them physically have met either of the Owens. Mr. Thomas Rogers, the butler, announced the whereabouts of Mr. Owen to the rest of the guests: “Mr. Owen—unfortunately delayed—unable to get here till to-morrow.

Including irony/ dramatic irony is one way Roald Dahl created the element of suspense in his story. Dramatic irony relies on having the reader gaining or having missing information. An example from the story is the fact that the readers know that Mary is the killer in this story. The fact that the readers know that Mary is the killer of her husband really gives you this feeling of suspense on what can happen next. Dramatic irony is also that the readers know an object or a weapon of some sort is used by one character that the other characters don't know about. The weapon Mary is the killer of  her husband Patrick with is a fairly large lamb chop. Mary wanted to smack her husband as soon as he leaves the house, but in fact killed him.  She went to make dinner anyways. This would be considered dramatic irony because the readers know the weapon, but the police don't know.