The Ironies of Great Expectations

1. The Ironies of Great Expectations Kevin Dressel

2. 3 Types of Irony • Dramatic • When the reader is aware of something that the character is not. • Situational • When something happens that the reader does not expect. • Verbal • When a character says something that they do not mean.

3. Dramatic Irony When the reader knows something the character does not. EXAMPLE: This is Something Explosive... BOOM! This stick figure is unaware of this... This is dramatic irony. You knew that the large black cicrle was dangerous, and the stick figure did not.

4. Situational Irony When something happens that the reader does not expect. EXAMPLE: Oh boy! A bright sunny day! Darn. This is situational irony. The stick figure thought it was a sunny day, and then a storm began, which no one could have expected...

5. Verbal Irony When a character says something they don’t really mean. EXAMPLE: It looks great. It looks like you’re going bald. How does my hair look? This is verbal irony. Even though the purple stick figure’s hair looks terrible, the orange stick figure said it looked great.

6. Ironies of Great Expectations • The Title • Links together all of the ironies in the novel. • Pip’s Expectations are false. • Pip’s fortune hurts him instead of helping him. • Situational Irony

7. Ironies of Great Expectations • Pip’s Benefactor • Pip is convinced that it is Miss Havisham, even though it could not possibly be her. • He thinks that Miss Havisham intends for him to marry Estella after he becomes a gentleman. • Dramatic Irony • “We looked at one another until I withdrew my eyes, and looked thoughtfully at the floor. From this last speech I derived the notion that Miss Havisham, for some reason or no reason, had not taken him into her confidence as to her designing me for Estella...” (270)

8. Ironies of Great Expectations • Magwitch • Magwitch winds up being Pip’s benefactor. • He was a poor helpless convict when Pip first met him, but he ended up being rich enough to give his fortune to Pip to make a gentleman out of him. • Situational • “but wot, if I gets liberty and money, I’ll make that boy a gentleman!” (298)

9. Ironies of Great Expecations HOME • Wemmick • At work, Wemmick is a very serious, boring man. • But when he’s at home he is the exact opposite. • Situational Irony WORK

10. Ironies of Great Expectations Don’t love anyone! Do you love me? Why?! How insulting! • Miss Havisham and Estella • Miss Havisham tought Estella not to love, but she gets upset when Estella says that she does not love her. • Verbal Irony Okay. No.

11. Ironies of Great Expectations • Joe • Pip promises to visit Joe and Biddy often, when he is aware that he likely will not. • Verbal Irony • “I had neither the good sense nor the good feeling to know that this was all my fault, and that if I had been easier with Joe, Joe would have been easier with me. I felt impatient of him and out of temper with him; in which condition he heaped coals of fire on my head.” (207)

12. Name - That - Irony Name that Irony is a very simple game show where 4 teams compete to answer questions about irony. Each question is worth 1 point. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins an extremely wonderful and spectacular prize. PLAY!

13. What is Dramatic Irony? Something you don’t expect to happen Knowing something the character doesn’t Saying something that you don’t mean A brand of tea!

14. What is Verbal Irony? Something you don’t expect to happen Knowing something the character doesn’t Saying something that you don’t mean A brand of tea!

15. What is Situational Irony? Something you don’t expect to happen Knowing something the character doesn’t Saying something that you don’t mean A brand of tea!

16. What is Lipton? Something you don’t expect to happen Knowing something the character doesn’t Saying something that you don’t mean A brand of tea!

17. Which is Dramatic Irony? Pip’s fortune hurts him instead of helping him Pip’s benefactor is Magwitch not Miss Havisham Miss Havisham teaches Estella not to love but then gets upset when she says she doesn’t love her. A Wall

18. Which is Verbal Irony? Pip’s fortune hurts him instead of helping him Pip’s benefactor is Magwitch not Miss Havisham Miss Havisham teaches Estella not to love but then gets upset when she says she doesn’t love her. A Wall

19. Which is Situational Irony? Pip’s fortune hurts him instead of helping him Pip’s benefactor is Magwitch not Miss Havisham Miss Havisham teaches Estella not to love but then gets upset when she says she doesn’t love her. A Wall

20. Which is not Irony at all? Pip’s fortune hurts him instead of helping him Pip’s benefactor is Magwitch not Miss Havisham Miss Havisham teaches Estella not to love but then gets upset when she says she doesn’t love her. A Wall

21. What type of irony is Wemmick’s duel personality? Dramatic Situational Verbal It’s ironic, just leave it at that.

22. What type of irony is the title of the book? Dramatic Situational Verbal It’s ironic, just leave it at that.

23. Name - That - Irony Name - That - Irony is over now, add up the points to see who wins the fabulous prize! DONE

24. FINAL LESSON This was a combination of all 3 types of irony...SITUATIONAL:You did not expect the fabulous prize to be air.DRAMATIC:I knew that there was no prize, you did not.VERBAL:I said there was a big prize but there was not.