Verbal irony is created when the implied meaning of the stated message is Dramatic irony
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elaboration to be differentiated into complications and conflicts as proposed by Roberts and Jacobs. Thus, the answer to the first research question is gained.
Using the theories of irony, the researcher analyses and identifies the use of irony in the novel. By fitting the characteristics and definitions of irony towards
the presumed irony throughout the story, then the answer to second research question is gained. The researcher uses the definitions of irony according to the
experts, among them are Booth, Colebrook, Hutcheon, Rockliffe, Arp and Johnson, and van Thompson and of what Pettineo adopts. On deciding the types
of irony, the researcher follows the ones ruled on traditional classifications of irony of which there are three types of irony: verbal irony, dramatic irony, and
situational irony. Identifying the use of irony proposes the next step of this study to be done.
Correlating the use of irony and the plot is needed to answer the third research question. In order to gain it, the theories of plot and irony becomes the foundation
for the researcher to argue and discuss the correlation between irony and the plot. The findings of the use of irony also presume that it influences the flow of the plot
as specific types of irony are found in certain points of the story. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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