Thursday, September 18, 2014

Is the following quote from "Hills Like White Elephants" situational or dramatic irony? €˜Its really [a] . . . simple operation, Jig, the man...

In a sense, I suppose
we could argue that the statement above might be a form of both. If we knew more, it might be
dramatic irony because we would be aware of what Jig
and her partner are talking about. The "simple operation" could be anything, but it
becomes clear to us afterward from the conversation between these two characters and the way
that the man insists that firstly the operation is very easy and secondly it will repair
everything in their...

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