The Lady or the Tiger

1. The Lady or the Tiger Irony Notes

2. Study For the Lady or the Tiger Test Wednesday • Write an ending for the story • Objectives: will be able to define and apply irony to story

3. Irony • The use of words to convey meaning that is opposite of the literal meaning. • Contrasts what is real with what seems to be real.

4. Dramatic • A situation in which the audience knows something about the present or future circumstances that the character does not know • What are some examples from the story? What does the audience know that a character does not know?

5. Example • Example: the audience is aware that the princess knows what is behind each door, but the courtier (young man) and the king do not

6. Verbal • A contradiction of expectation between what is said and what is meant • What is stated in the story that means the opposite of what it actually means?

7. Example: “… the king’s nature was bland (tranquil) and genial (cheerful); but whenever there was a little hitch…he was blander and more genial still.Example: In the public arena…the minds of his subjects were refined and cultured

8. Situational • A contradiction of expectation between what be expected and what actually occurs often connected to a fatalistic or pessimistic view of life • What are some examples from the story?

9. Example • The fact that the lady behind the door was actually the woman that the princess hated • The fact that the king had to hire mourners to wail and grieve if the tiger emerged to attack its victims

10. Fourth Wall • Invisible wall that divides the character or author from the audience • Keeps the author from directly addressing the audience • The verbal distance an author has in keeping himself out of the story. • Does the narrator break this fourth wall?

12. Unit Test Review Sheet • Author • Vocabulary • Plot • Irony • Characters • Setting • Fourth Wall