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Theme Of Situational Irony In The Ransom Of Red Chief

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Mathilda, a woman that thinks she should be rich and fancy, But she is not. She borrows jewelry and loses it. She pays thousands of francs to replace a necklace that is not even real. she wanted to be rich and now she is the poorest of the poor. In “The Ransom of Red Chief” by O.Henry the kidnappers take a child. They think it is all fun until, they wake up and see him holding a knife. Redchief loved being around the kidnappers more than being around his own family. By reading the two short stories “The Necklace” and “The Ransom of Redchief” the authors uses situational irony to make the stories emotional and humerous. Situational irony in the short story “The Ransom of Redchief” by O.Henry makes the story humerous. Redchief wants to be around …show more content…

For instance when mathilde picks the least expensive necklace. Madame has lots of real expensive jewelry and Mathilde take one that is worth only five hundred francs. She has no interest in the other expensive necklaces. Here madame states that the necklace mathilde picked was fake. “‘but mine was imitation”’(8). The necklace was an imitation. Not a real necklace that is worth thousands of francs. Another example of situational irony in the short story “The Necklace” by Guy De Maupassant, is when mathilde pays thousands of dollars to replace the necklace. Her and her husband take out thousands of dollars to replace the necklace. But there is one thing that they do not know about the necklace until it is too late. ‘“It was worth at the very most five hundred francs”’(8)! Madame tell Mathilde the worst thing that she could ever here. That Mathilde and her husband, spent thousands of francs to replace a necklace that is only five hundred francs. Mathilde wanted to one of the richest of the rich, but now she is the poorest of the poor. Situational irony in the short story “The Necklace” by Guy De Maupassant makes the reader omationable. The author uses situational irony to provide emotion from the reader and to grab the reader’s attention. Guy De Maupassant’s “The Necklace” varies with emotion. He uses pity and makes the reader feel bad for Mathilde. O. Henry’s short story “The Ransom of Redchief” also provides emotion. O.Henry provides the reader humor. When Bill and Sam pay the Dorsets two hundred and fifty dollars to get away from Redchief for ten minutes is humorous. By reading both “The Necklace” by Guy De Maupassant and “The Ransom of Redchief” by O.Henry the authors use situational irony to provide emotion to the

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