ironies

Advanced English Writing

Ironies in The Gift of the Migi

As we know,irony is a literary technique in which what happens on the surface differs greatly from the actual outcome.The Gift of the Magi,one of the most popular work by O Henry,is a classic example of irony in literature.

There are three obvious ironies in the fiction.The first one appears in the story when Della went out to sold her hair.The sign read “Mme. Sofronie”.This seems like a sarcasm because the real “Mme Sofronie” was too “large,white,chilly”,and s