Which is an example of irony from the great gatsby? a. the "new" wealthy live in west egg rather than east egg. b. tom must go into new york to meet with his mistress. c. nick considers himself moral and acts wary around wolfsheim. d. tom cheats on daisy with myrtle, but he treats myrtle poorly.

The Great Gatsby has many ironies. An example of irony from The Great Gatsby is “Tom cheats on Daisy with Myrtle, but he treats Myrtle poorly” (D).  

EXPLANATION:  

The irony in a literary work is a contrast between the expectations for a situation and the fact in reality. It can also be the difference between what is expected to happen or to be done and what actually occurs. Irony can be divided into three main types: situational, dramatic, and verbal.  

•Situational irony is a situation where the outcome, in reality, is way different from what was expected to happen before.  

•Dramatic irony is when the audience has more than one information about one or more characters in a literary work.  

•Verbal irony is when the speaker in a literary work says something which is so much different from his or her actual action and meaning.  

In The Great Gatsby, the irony is included in situational irony. It is when Tom cheats on Daisy with Myrtle, but he treats Myrtle poorly. The outcome, in reality, is different from what was expected to happen before. When Tom cheats on Daisy with Myrtle, it was expected that Tom will treat Myrtle in a better way that he treats Daisy because he chooses Myrtle over Daisy. Yet, the outcome, in reality, is that Tom treats Myrtle poorly. It is different from what was expected.

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KEYWORDS:  The Great Gatsby, irony in The Great Gatsby, example of irony in The Great Gatsby  

Subject: English

Class: 7-9

Sub-chapter: The Great Gatsby  

Tom cheats on Daisy with Myrtle, but he treats Myrtle poorly.

Further Explanation:

The Great Gatsby provides many examples of irony. Majority of these movements have already been pointed out in the posts of the Great Gatsby. There is one example that is given in the Great Gatsby and that is when Tom says that he does not likes when the women go out with the wrong people and how he is always criticizing them for doing it and the reason behind it is because according to him it is wrong.  

When tom drives into the town along with Daisy, they both drive past Myrtle and it is ironic because Tom is Daisy’s husband and he is cheating on her with Myrtle. The irony is important and the reason behind this is a foreshadow of something which is going to take place between Daisy and Myrtle.  

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Answer Details:

Grade: High School

Chapter: The Great Gatsby

Subject: English

Keywords:

Great Gatsby, Irony, Daisy, Myrtle, Husband, Foreshadow, criticize, movement, reason, according.

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