Situational Irony In Surprise Endings

Edmond Rostand uses situational irony to create suspense in the play Cyrano De Bergerac in the form of the relationship between Christian and Cyrano. After an encounter with Cyrano, the cadets and the reader believe that we will “…find him ground to mince-meat” (Rostand 53). Christian has been insulting Cyrano’s nose and everyone thinks that Christian will be killed, but Cyrano rather becomes friends with Christian and helps him. While reading the letter written to Roxane by Cyrano, Christian notices a spot and relies that “It is a tear” (90). At this moment Christian figures out that Cyrano loves Christian just like he does, we think he will be mad, but rather wants him to tell Roxane. Christian asks Cyrano to “Let her choose. Go; tell her

One example of Irony is that this big guy that is seven feet tall and strong brakes out of jail with all sorts of plans to overthrow the government and then all of a sudden someone comes in and shoots him with a shotgun. “the Handicapper General, came into the studio with a double-barreled ten-gauge shotgun. She fired twice, and the Emperor and the Empress were dead before they hit the floor”.Not exactly what I was expecting. I was expecting a big drawn out fight and stuff but then it's just over like that.

Fairytales are original short stories handed down from ancestors from various cultures. Modern writers liked to create new tales using forms of satire. These include parodies, analogies, and exaggeration. Disney and Act 111 Communications have all produced forms of fairy tale satire. Although forms of satire were featured in some classic tales, producers had the option to include it in the modern remakes or put a twist on the satire that was once used.

Irony is a very big part of a story, because it can create new elements in a story. Some of these elements may include humor and theme. "The Ransom of Red Chief" is a great example for this.

In literature, many authors love for throw an unexpected twist as the end. Shirley Jackson is no exception. In the short stories “The Lottery” and “The Possibility of Evil” by Shirley Jackson both take twist that the reader doesn’t expect. In “The Lottery” a small town gathers to draw a winner; however Tessie Hutchinson is not delighted to be the winner. Also in “The Possibility of Evil” another small town has an unexpected villain who resides on Pleasant St. Shirley Jackson uses literary devices to depict twist at the end of her short stories because she used literary devices such as syntax, irony and mood.

In the stories “Story of an Hour”, “Everyday Use”, “The Necklace”, and “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.

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.

And also in the “Until Gwen” story, the plot is uses irony. Especially, they both use irony to show when the events happen, but which happens are the opposite of what characters expected. That is interesting and affords people to

People watch other individuals experience irony all the time. When something is ironic it means that the thing that was to happen, did not happen the way it was thought to happen. Sometimes irony happens to those who least expect it or irony happens to everyone. There have been songs, television ads, and stories written about irony or that have included ironic events or details. One piece of literature that contains a lot of irony is Stephen Crane’s “The Open Boat”. Crane uses irony in many different ways in the story to tell of four individuals who survive their ship being wrecked and everyone else aboard has drown.

In the epilogue, the narrator refers to himself as a character interacting with the citizens of Moscow: "The author of these truthful lines has himself heard in a train, during a journey to Feodosiya, a story of how two thousand persons had come out of a theater stark naked in the most literal sense of the word and gone home in taxis as they were." The use of third person is significant, as it implies that the narrator is only a character reporting events, rather than omniscient. There is also an obvious irony to the phrase "these truthful lines.”

I believe that the story Once upon a Time by Nadine Gordimer shows significant irony. The main type of irony that Gordimer's uses in the story is situational irony. Situational irony is when the story ends or has a twist that is opposite of what is expected to happen. Some examples of these ironic elements are that the wall and wire the little boy’s parents installed was to keep him safe, and it ended up being what harmed him the most. The title of the story is also ironic due to the title being Once upon a Time. As a reader, one would assume that the story will have a happy ending like tradition children stories. However, the story ends tragically and kills the most innocent character. Also the little boy is pretending that he is a prince who is brave enough to cross through the terrible thorns to make it to the castle to kiss the sleeping beauty back to life. This is ironic because the little boy’s actions are contributing to the traditional fairy tales with happy endings, and him pretending to be a brave prince contributes to his death. The use of irony sends the main idea of the story to the readers in a more interesting way. When the child dies, the message being conveyed is a slap in the face. It also makes the story more suspenseful and shocking to the reader as well as sad.

Not All Fairytales Have Happy Endings Most children grow up watching movies that they perceive as fairytales. The majority of these fairytale movies are Disney classics. What most children do not know is the original versions of their beloved fairytales. In 1989 Ron Clements and John Musker produced the Disney movie The Little Mermaid.

The first example of situational irony would be Fortunato’s name, which means fortunate in Italian, an ironic name for someone who is about to be left in the catacombs to die. Another example of irony is when Montresor says, “It must be understood that neither by word nor deed had I given Fortunato cause to doubt my good will. I continued as was my wont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation” (Poe, 3). Obviously this is dramatic irony as Fortunato has no idea that Montresor is smiling because he will kill him rather than actually being happy to meet him. Also verbal irony is present when Montresor says,

Poor people are generally regarded as having a lack of worth in society, playing no

A surprise ending gets defines as a twist in a story near or at the end of a story that causes one to the evaluation of the motive and characters by the audience. Surprise endings are also known a plot twist. Writers and television programs directors use the style as the way of arousing curiosity in the reader or television audience. The use of false main characters in a film that is later killed off in movie is a good example of a surprise ending (Phelan, 2013).