Literary · Asked 25th October 2012 · 1,216 views 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? The verdict 80% ironic 20% not 80% say this IS ironic · 4 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 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 Murder is bad and yet Hamlet showing restraint in murdering his uncle is considered his 'tragic flaw'? 70% ironic 2 votes Vote → Is it ironic that In The Kite Runner, Hassan's young son suffers sexual abuse by the same person who raped him when he was a boy? 80% not ironic 5 votes Vote → Is it ironic that Writing about King Lear going crazy is making me go crazy. 50% ironic 1 votes Vote → Not sure what counts? Read our definition of irony, or learn the difference between situational irony and plain bad luck.