The Story of an Hour - Irony
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Three Types of Irony
Lesson Plans by Rebecca Ray
Do you want your students to understand the 3 types of irony in literature? Do you want your students to be able to identify and explain irony on their own? Then you have come to the right place! We've developed a few storyboards to help you teach the three types of irony.
The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin
Lesson Plans by Becky Harvey
In "The Story of an Hour", the main character, Mrs. Mallard, is a married woman with a heart condition. Her husband is away and news comes that he has perished in a horrific train accident. Her sister gently breaks the news to her, and silently, Mrs. Mallard rejoices. She assumes that she will be playing the mournful widow, but is she?
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Storyboard Description
The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin - Irony
Storyboard Text
- Situational Irony
- The difference between what is expected to happen and what actually happens.
- "REALITY"
- "Free! Body and soul free!"
- IRONIC TWIST
- Oh my goodness. That was close. I barely escaped with my life!
- Dramatic Irony
- The reader is more aware of what is happening than a character.
- Honey! I'm home!
- "Eeeeek!"
- She was so thrilled that you were alive, it killed her.
- While Mrs. Mallard is secretly reveling in the thought of her husband's death in the train accident, he miraculously walks away from it.
- Everyone believes Mrs. Mallard died from the "happy" shock that her husband was alive. In truth, her shock was that of massive disappointment and sadness.
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