STOP CUTTING TREES
by Antonio C. Antonio
November 15, 2014
Define irony. Irony
is a broad and rhetoric term. It is also
a literary technique or event characterized by incongruities or contrast. Here are some definitions of the term
“irony”:
1.
The expression of one’s meaning by using
language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or
emphatic effect:
2.
A state of affairs or an event that seems
deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result;
3.
A literary technique, originally used in Greek
tragedy, by which the full significance of a character’s words or actions are
clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character;
4.
An incongruity between what might be expected
and what actually occurs;
5.
A condition of affairs or events of a character
opposite to what was, or might naturally be, expected; and,
6.
A contradictory outcome of events as if in
mockery of the promise and fitness of things.
In a blog “A Twisted Sense of Righteousness” (http://antonantonio.blogspot.com/2014/07/a-twisted-sense-of-righteousness.html),
I stated reasons why some situations can prove to be ironic. In an environmental sense, irony could best
be described with the following situation.
Imagine a group of people arguing that we should only use biodegradable
materials. So they go on to cut-down
trees, produce paper, make paper bags out of them then write: “Stop Cutting
Trees”.
Just my little
thoughts…
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