All 4 Uses of
irony
in
Man And Superman
- It's all my own doing: that's the horrible irony of it.†
Chpt 1
- Oh, by what irony of fate was this cold selfish egotist sent to my kingdom, and you taken to the icy mansions of the sky!
Chpt 3 *irony = when what happens is very different than what might be expected; or when things are together
- Here you call your appearance beauty, your emotions love, your sentiments heroism, your aspirations virtue, just as you did on earth; but here there are no hard facts to contradict you, no ironic contrast of your needs with your pretensions, no human comedy, nothing but a perpetual romance, a universal melodrama.†
Chpt 3
- [ironically] What! you a Catholic, Senor Don Juan!†
Chpt 3