Literary Irony

241 real-life examples of literary irony, submitted by readers and voted on by the community. Think you've spotted irony in the world of literary? Submit your own example.

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  1. Is it ironic that In the Odyssey, the goddess Athena disguises herself as an old man and uses special sandals to walk on the water to get to Ithaka.

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  2. Is it ironic that A web site that offers a free course on editing and proof reading has three glaring typos.

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  3. Is it ironic that There is an S in the word "lisp"

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  4. Is it ironic that When a grammar nazi who corrected your grammar makes a grammatical error.

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  5. Is it ironic that 'He near laughed at the irony of giving a boy advice on living and girls while he himself still hadn't experienced the pleasures of a relationship with one.

    55% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that Once Oedipus saw the truth of his circumstances, he blinded himself.

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  7. Is it ironic that I had given an opinion on reading...

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  8. Is it ironic that When i write a story about a lost chapter of Odysseus where he goes back from Hades to Circe's island, and in a moment of despair (in a huge storm on a ship), he says, "Son of Kronos, Zeus, why have you forsaken me?" as to quote Matthew 27:46 "About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eli, Eli,[a] lema sabachthani?" (which means "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?")" ? IS it humorous?

    70% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that Katniss from the Hunger Games is injured by getting burnt after becoming dubbed "the Girl on FIre"?

    65% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that Felt was not the proper material...to...

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  11. Is it ironic that To say that the reading if Green Eggs and Ham was rotten?

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  12. Is it ironic that Someone corrects someone else's spelling and makes a spelling mistake themselves in the process?

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  13. Is it ironic that The word irony is so misused?

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  14. Is it ironic that When using more difficult words to explain or clarify the meanings of other words.

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  15. Is it ironic that We do the opposite of what we think? Is a situation ironic wherein our actions are the opposite of our thoughts or our values?

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  16. Is it ironic that When Annie Sullivan is teaching Helen Keller to sew is it ironic that instead of Helen stabbing her self she stabs Annie?

    88% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that A man spends 15 years in prison for 2 million but those years influenced him to refuse it at the end?

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  18. Is it ironic that Sarah won a Justin Bieber concert ticket from her local radio station.

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  19. Is it ironic that Is a double entendre necessarily ironic?

    78% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that In a novel, two brothers announce their intention to murder a man to everyone who happens to pass their way for an entire morning.

    60% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that "another scheme I had was to translate some songs from French into English, but no one wanted to sing them?".

    78% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that Blind people are not allowed in a competition, but this blind girl still goes on the stage and performs and at the end the judges get to know that she was blind.

    78% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that Someone will write a poem about how homework takes forever, and then they realize they're done?

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  24. Is it ironic that That you can be or not to be as Hamlet would say?

    80% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that Someone newly identified as promiscuous is reading "The Scarlet Letter" in class.

    90% not ironic 4 votes Vote →