Dramatic Irony Examples

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In the story “The Story of an Hour” there are many examples of irony. They come in three different ways like situational, verbal and dramatic irony. What are they you may ask, well Situational Irony is when a literary device that you can easily identify in literary works.simply, it occurs when incongruity appears between expectations of something to happen, and what actually happens instead. Verbal Irony is when The speaker intends to be understood as meaning something that contrasts with the literal or usual meaning of what he says. The last one is Dramatic Irony is when the audience knows something but the character does not.