Story Of An Hour Situational Irony Analysis

Imagine this,you have just heard from your sister in a very gentle way to avoid drama from your heart problems that your husband was killed in an accident. This is what just happened to Mrs.Mallard,who after hearing such heart breaking news had retreated to her bedroom while sobbing. While in the bedroom she discovered her true feelings about what just happened which were joy and a sense of freedom. After Mrs.Mallard’s sister josephine got worried for her and told her to come downstairs it is revealed to both Mrs.Mallard and the readers that Mr.Mallard is not dead and is standing in the doorway. Mrs Mallard died from her heart problems and the doctors think that it was the joy that killed,but the readers know that what she died from was not joy. In The Story of an Hour I found two types of irony, situational irony and dramatic irony. In this essay I will discuss these two types of irony,
An example of situational irony in the story is how Mrs.Mallard and the readers think that Mr.Mallard is dead and it is revealed abruptly that he is actually alive. I think that the irony was used very well in the story and added a feeling of suspense. This irony is important to the plot because if we had known that Mr.Mallard was alive the whole time it might have changed the readers opinion of Mrs. Mallard. For example people might think that she should not feel the way that she did, and instead of her the reader might dislike the character. Dramatic irony is when the reader understands more about the events of the story than a character. An example of dramatic irony in the story is when the doctors think that joy killed Mrs.Mallard, but the readers know that it was fear and disappointment. I think that this type of irony is used very well in the story. Dramatic irony is important to the plot because if the other characters knew what Mrs.Mallard felt they would treat her