tragic irony
dramatic irony in tragic drama.
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How to use tragic irony in a sentence
In a moment of tragic irony, Samaras said he would never risk his life or the lives of his team to chase a tornado.
Tim Samaras, Storm Chaser Extraordinaire: See the Highlights (VIDEO) | The Daily Beast Video | June 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTo men of our day the later position of William Pitt seems one of almost tragic irony.
History of the English People, Volume VIII (of 8) | John Richard GreenThis splendid piece of tragic irony is interpreted at its surface value by the Chorus, who burst into a song of jubilation.
Authors of Greece | T. W. LumbA splendid dialogue of tragic irony represents both as wishing to find the one a mother, the other a son.
Authors of Greece | T. W. LumbThere is something in the juxtaposition of these two enemies full of tragic irony.
Essays of Travel | Robert Louis Stevenson
This is the irony of the situation; it is the tragic irony of all Hebrew history.
Expositor's Bible: The Song of Solomon | Walter Adeney
British Dictionary definitions for tragic irony
the use of dramatic irony in a tragedy (originally, in Greek tragedy), so that the audience is aware that a character's words or actions will bring about a tragic or fatal result, while the character himself is not
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