Irony in The Lottery by Shirley Jackson Essay -- Shirley Jackson The L

Irony in The Lottery by Shirley Jackson The Lottery is copious of sarcasm. Shirley Jackson most(prenominal) likely intended to use this amount of irony to make the over all story funny in its twist theme. Each layer of irony used, prepared the reader to have the most dramatic reaction to the last and final blow that wrapped the integral story up. I would say the most major and obvious reference of irony used here was situational irony. Jackson knew that what most peoples impression of the drafting is winning money or something good. She played on that and turned it into something tout ensemble opposite. Giving her story kick and uniqueness. However, there was other more mild but essential situational ironies that lead up to the finale. One of these was Tessie Hutchinson. She had the...