Is It Ironic?

Literary · Asked 5th February 2014 · 1,590 views

Is it ironic that...

the younger sister in Agnes Owens' short story 'The Lighthouse' says to her sibling "I hope a monster doesn't get you" and later in the story, a monster in fact, gets them both.

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75% ironic
25% not

75% say this IS ironic · 2 votes

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