Define irony. 10 points for best answer...?

Question

Alanis Morrisette is not in the least Ironic.
The same question is asked in the film "Reality Bites" and the answer given by Ethan Hawke's character is wrong too!

Answer 1

Irony is a thought or remark that expresses something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning of that thought or remark...it can also examine a specific situation, for example, imagine A shipboard scene of reconciliation and hope for an estranged couple ends with the camera pulling back to reveal a life preserver stenciled “RMS Titanic.” The irony that results seems to contradict normal expectations derived from the previous circumstance.

Here are some interesting "Ironies of fate"

- Ludwig van Beethoven’s loss of hearing.

- The 1956 loss by fire of the top of Harvard’s Memorial Hall tower, while being restored by workmen.

- American astronaut Gus Grissom's death inside Apollo 1 may have been partly because of a spacecraft redesign that he had recommended after the Mercury-Redstone 4 mission. After a Mercury hatch opened prematurely, nearly causing his death, Grissom had recommended the Apollo hatch be made more difficult to open. The new hatch proved too difficult to open.

- Seymour Cray, supercomputer architect, died of head and neck injuries suffered in a traffic collision. His vehicle — a Jeep Cherokee — was designed using a Cray supercomputer.

Answer 2

In an ironic expression, there's sarcasm, a rhetorical question, understatement, exaggeration or hyperbole (or a combination of any of those) in it like this for example: Someone does something stupid. I say "Well done, Genius." What I really mean is "That was a stupid thing to do." In my expression, I meant the opposite and it was sarcastic. Therefore that was irony.

Answer 3

irony is a term which is used when the result is the opposite to which was intended for or the opposite of which happens

the opposite or the reverse in situation which is usually for the worse is called as irony
irony can be irony of situations, of character, of plot, or of circumstances
hmmmm and the e.g. wud be
in The Dolls House by Henrik Ibsen, Nora finds out the truth about her husband which is opposite to her expectations
thats called Dramatic Irony

Answer 4

all the answers are saying the same thing but in different words, and I would have thought along the same lines, of forces of nature turning upside down, all the neat liitle plans to make something perfect, with no room for upset, and all of a sudden, it goes belly up, being unforeseen. Then you see the irony of the matter.

Answer 5

I've just finished a load of irony. I've done all my shirts for next week and even the balaclavas for my pet octopus, Crystal. Even though we have had temperatures in the mid thirties they are saying we could get a frost next week. She went through hell last winter so I've knitted her several balaclavas to keep her head warm. Her favourite is the pink one. I think hawkes wear little hoods as well.

Answer 6

Irony is a description used in the situation where a particular event corresponds to another event which normally would have a link but in the exact opposite meaning it is meant for, having an opposite direct relationship between them, e.g. spilling water (event) the same day you joined a water conservation union (another event supposed to support previous event, or vice-versa but happened exact opposite way - spilling water is not in support of water conservation in this example).

Answer 7

Irony is sardonic humor - employed to emphasise the incongruity of what actually happens, compared to what may be expected to happen. Irony, therefore, is at its most effective when the words chosen to illustrate this disparity are skillfully used with wit and imagination to make it seem so absurd it is laughable.

Answer 8

irony is the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning

Answer 9

OK let me give u an example:Somebody gets an A on a test they didn't study for ,but they get a D- for a test they study very hard on.Does that make sense?

Answer 10

a bunch of idiots dancing around on a plane to a song made famous by a band that died in a plane crash - Garland Greene in "Con Air"