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1. What is the difference between a. and a. The irony of a situation refers to an occurrence that is contrary to what is expected or intended by the reader and the characters. “Tile ‘M’ for Murder” shows irony when the narrator is playing Scramble with his wife, wishing for a certain letter, “If only I had a D, then I could play MURDER. That would be a sign. That would be permission,” (Fish). The protagonist wished for the letter D so that he would have a sign to kill his wife. The reader figures out that something special happens when the tiles are placed, “I played the word EXPLODES, and it happened - the air conditioning unit exploded. And before, I played the word CHEATING when I cheated. And ZAP when my wife got the electric shock. The …show more content…

Around the time the men begin to lose hope that someone will save them, the narrator says, “For a space both men were silent, turning over in their minds the wonderful changes that this dramatic reconciliation would bring about,”(Saki). Again, since the narrator is aware of both of the character’s thoughts, the story is written in the Third Person Omniscient Narrator. “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl 1. Dramatic irony is when the reader knows something that a character does not. In “Lamb to the Slaughter”, Mary Maloney murders her husband by striking him with a frozen lamb leg. Police are called by Mary as she cooks the lamb leg in the oven. Police cannot find a murder weapon. Mary offered the police the lamb. As they ate it, one of the police officers said about the weapon, “Probably right under our very noses,” (Dahl). The readers know that the lamb leg is the murder weapon, and it is literally right under the polices’ noses. 2. What is the difference between a'smart' and a'smart'? After murdering her husband, Mary “ sat down before the mirror, tidied her face, touched her lips and face. She tried to smile, “

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