Situational Irony In Mrs. Abbott's Invitation To A Murder
The passage, “Invitation to a Murder”, is summed up to be a murderous event that takes place in New York City, New York modern time, in Mrs. Abbott’s room. Throughout the story, Pachter includes individual situational ironies. There are six major events of which are each situational irony. The first is, Mrs. Abbott precalculated the twelve men. The second one is, the medicine was needed to keep Mr. Abbott alive was actually poison. The third is, the twelve men came as witnesses. The fourth is, Mr. Abbott was injured when he was on vacation with Mrs. Abbott. This led him to his death; not what the readers had expected to occur in the story. The fifth situational irony is, Mrs. Abbott thought by not speaking up about the medicine, she would
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Abbott’s house to be sympathetic and all of that. Even so, the twelve men had pointed to the medication for Mrs. Abbott to take. Remember, Pachter had stated in the text that if anyone were to take the medication with a normal beating heart, they were to die. Pachter made us think that Mrs. Pachter had died. The twelve men were Mrs. Abbott’s jury. They were witnesses throughout the story, until Mr. Abbott had officially passed away. As soon as Mr. Abbott had passed, the twelve men were considered murderers. There was no specific reason as to why Mrs. Abbott had killed her husband except for him not being the same. Like the story “the Tell-Tale Heart”, Mrs. Abbott was his caregiver and she just became exhausted of taking care of him. With this information, it is in fact another reason why she may have killed Mr. Gregory Abbott. The text, “the Invitation to a Murder” is written of a woman who is so tired of not being with her real husband, she preplans how to murder him. Although, this woman, Mrs. Abbott, invited twelve men over and twisted the murder. She in fact thought that if she did not say anything about the medication for Mr. Abbott, she could easily escape from going to prison. Nevertheless, in the end Mrs. Abbott accepted her punishment and the twelve men had technically become murderers. The author, Josh Pachter, included various situational ironies throughout the story. Josh so cleverly made this story chill your
Abbott’s house to be sympathetic and all of that. Even so, the twelve men had pointed to the medication for Mrs. Abbott to take. Remember, Pachter had stated in the text that if anyone were to take the medication with a normal beating heart, they were to die. Pachter made us think that Mrs. Pachter had died. The twelve men were Mrs. Abbott’s jury. They were witnesses throughout the story, until Mr. Abbott had officially passed away. As soon as Mr. Abbott had passed, the twelve men were considered murderers. There was no specific reason as to why Mrs. Abbott had killed her husband except for him not being the same. Like the story “the Tell-Tale Heart”, Mrs. Abbott was his caregiver and she just became exhausted of taking care of him. With this information, it is in fact another reason why she may have killed Mr. Gregory Abbott. The text, “the Invitation to a Murder” is written of a woman who is so tired of not being with her real husband, she preplans how to murder him. Although, this woman, Mrs. Abbott, invited twelve men over and twisted the murder. She in fact thought that if she did not say anything about the medication for Mr. Abbott, she could easily escape from going to prison. Nevertheless, in the end Mrs. Abbott accepted her punishment and the twelve men had technically become murderers. The author, Josh Pachter, included various situational ironies throughout the story. Josh so cleverly made this story chill your