Sarcasm/Irony
"Once I remember I used the words 'sarcasm' and 'irony' in an English essay. Mr. H read them out and asked me what I meant by them
and told the class he bet I didn't know. I replied that sarcasm was making fun of people, as he was making fun of me, but that irony
was when the truth was funny, because it was quite different from what people pretended. It would be irony if he punished me."
David Garnett, "The Golden Echo"
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyExcellent quotation.
Sarcasm/Irony
"Once I remember I used the words 'sarcasm' and 'irony' in an English essay. Mr. H read them out and asked me what I meant by them
and told the class he bet I didn't know. I replied that sarcasm was making fun of people, as he was making fun of me, but that irony
was when the truth was funny, because it was quite different from what ...[text shortened]... le pretended. It would be irony if he punished me."
David Garnett, "The Golden Echo"
[edit] Types of irony
There are different kinds of irony. For example:
Tragic (or dramatic) irony occurs when a character on stage or in a story is ignorant, but the audience watching knows his or her eventual fate, as in Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet.
Socratic irony takes place when someone (classically a teacher) pretends to be foolish or ignorant, to expose the ignorance of another (and the teaching-audience, but not the student-victim, realizes the teacher's plot).
Cosmic irony is when a higher being or force interferes in a character's life, creating ironic settings. (wiki)
On an intersting side note, I once a had a Pastor who said the book of Mark was full of irony, and he challanged me to read it, and give him examples.
He was right.
Originally posted by duecerThanks, duecer. Apostle Paul also frequently used sarcasm. Most cited
[edit] Types of irony
There are different kinds of irony. For example:
Tragic (or dramatic) irony occurs when a character on stage or in a story is ignorant, but the audience watching knows his or her eventual fate, as in Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet.
Socratic irony takes place when someone (classically a teacher) pretends to be foolish or ignora k was full of irony, and he challanged me to read it, and give him examples.
He was right.
probably to the Galatians who were still clinging to the OT Dispensation
ritual of circumcision as the means of salvation and spiritualty. Wrote,
'If that's what you insist in believing, why not cut the whole thing off'.
