Question

Explain the irony in the following lines and how it adds more humor to the text: “He had done his best to commit this murder, but on both occasions he had failed, and through no fault of his own. He had tried to do his duty, but it seemed as if Destiny herself had turned traitor. He was oppressed with the sense of the barrenness of good intentions, of the futility of trying to be line.”

Answer 1

Irony is the expression of intentions with words that mean the opposite. The statement made above is ironic because the person who tried to commit murder was not described as a traitor, rather destiny which prevented him from reaching his goal was painted as a traitor.

• This adds humor to the text because it is funny to imagine someone trying to do wrong but being prevented by some unseen force.

Irony refers to the use of words that mean the opposite to communicate our intentions. The sentence used here is ironic because destiny was not a traitor, rather the man who attempted murder was.

The man also did not have good intentions. His intentions were bad.

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