Irony Example : In shakespeare's 'king lear', lear divides up his kingdom hoping to prevent futu......
Taken from Category: Literary
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Is it ironic that...
in Shakespeare's 'King Lear', Lear divides up his kingdom hoping to prevent future conflict but his actions actually cause conflict. where, if he had probably left it until after his death, there would have been no conflict?
85% say this is ironic
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- 85% IRONIC
- 15% NOT IRONIC
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