All 12 Uses of
irony
in
Angels & Demons
- Vittoria's concerns, ironically, were somewhat the opposite.†
Chpt 23-24
- The notion, he realized, was ironic.†
Chpt 31-32
- The Coliseum, Langdon had always thought, was one of history's greatest ironies.
Chpt 33-34ironies = things that are very different than what might be expected; or things that seem incongruous together
- It was ironic, Langdon thought, or perhaps fitting, that the Coliseum had served as the architectural blueprint for Harvard's Soldier Field-the football stadium where the ancient traditions of savagery were reenacted every fall …. crazed fans screaming for bloodshed as Harvard battled Yale.
Chpt 33-34ironic = when what happens is very different than what might be expected; or when things are together that seem like they don't belong together
- Mortati had always found it pleasantly ironic that the late Pope, God rest his soul, had revealed himself as surprisingly liberal once he had taken office.
Chpt 41-42
- The church's front stairs were ventaglio-a welcoming, curved fan-ironic in this case because they were blocked with scaffolding, construction equipment, and a sign warning: CONSTRUZZIONE.†
Chpt 63-64
- The concealment was ironic in this case because the cardinals were obviously submitting votes for themselves.†
Chpt 67-68
- Ironically, it was the older man who faltered.†
Chpt 71-72
- Vittoria found it ironic that she felt more apprehensive in this unlit church than she would swimming at night with barracuda.
Chpt 83-84 *ironic = when what happens is very different than what might be expected
- Rising before him, the niche's sole contents seemed ironically apropos-a single sarcophagus.†
Chpt 93-94
- And the irony of the whole thing is that the Illuminati attack backfired.†
Chpt 111-112
- It seemed a cruel irony that the only way to save the people now was to destroy the church.
Chpt 119-120irony = when what happens is very different than what might be expected