Literary · Asked 14th October 2012 · 1,124 views Is it ironic that... murder is bad and yet Hamlet showing restraint in murdering his uncle is considered his 'tragic flaw'? The verdict 70% ironic 30% not 70% say this IS ironic · 2 votes Cast your vote How ironic is this on a scale of 0 to 10? 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Definitely ironic Not ironic at all Submit vote ← All examples Random example → Submit your own → More literary irony View all → Is it ironic that A man who is a traffic cop gets his license suspended for unpaid parking tickets. 69% ironic 8 votes Vote → Is it ironic that Holden Caulfield describes himself as illiterate though his best subject is English and he loves to read. 53% not ironic 3 votes Vote → Is it ironic that In Pinter's play The Homecoming, Teddy comes home to his family with his wife Ruth and subsequently returns to his home in America at the end of the play without her? 50% ironic 2 votes Vote → 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? 80% ironic 4 votes Vote → Not sure what counts? Read our definition of irony, or learn the difference between situational irony and plain bad luck.