IRONY

Hareshwar Roy,
QUESTION: What is Irony?
ANSWER: Irony is a device by which a writer expresses a meaning contradictory to the stated or ostensible one. There are many techniques for achieving irony.

Example: [1] When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept
                       Ambition should be made of sterner stuff;
                       Yet Brutus says he was ambition,
                       And Brutus is an honourable man. 
                       [Shakespeare: Julius Caesar]

                 [2] Hamlet: So long? ….. O heavens! die two
                                     Months ago and not forgotten yet? Then
                                     There's hope a great man's memory
                                     may outlive his life half a year.
                                     [Shakespeare: Hamlet]



Location: B-37, City Homes Colony, Jawahar Nagar Satna, Madhya Pradesh, India
Currently Dr. Roy is working as Professor of English at Govt. P.G. College Satna, Madhya Pradesh. He is the author of the following books: (1) Diasporic Articulation in the Novels of M.G. Vassanji (2) A Study of M.G. Vassanji 's Novels (3) Varieties of Indianity in the Works of M.G. Vassanji & Rohinton Mistry (4)Diaspora & Indian Diaspora: A Brief Study (5) Short Notes of English Literature - I (6) Short Notes of English Literature - II (7) हमार पहचान ह भोजपुरी - भोजपुरी कविता संकलन (8) हमरा प्यार हो गइल - भोजपुरी गज़ल संकलन (9) भोजपुरी कविताएँ

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