Poe's Short Stories
Tell tale heart
Explain the IRONY in the story. what type of irony is present? Explain.
Explain the IRONY in the story. what type of irony is present? Explain.
THere is a lot of verbal irony in the narrator's delusions of gender. By the time we figure out that our narrator is actually a paranoid crazy man we can surmise that this guy will somehow give himself away; perhaps this is a little bit of dramatic irony as well.