Edith Wharton 18621937

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Edith Wharton 1862-1937
Biographical Information
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IRONY IN FICTION
VERBAL IRONY THE DISCREPANCY IS BETWEEN WHAT IS
SAID AND WHAT IS MEANT.
DRAMATIC IRONY THE CONTRAST IS BETWEEN WHAT A
CHARACTER SAYS AND WHAT THE READER KNOWS TO BE
TRUE.
SITUATIONAL IRONY THE DISCREPANCY IS BETWEEN
APPEARANCE AND REALITY, BETWEEN EXPECTATION AND
FULFILLMENT, BETWEEN WHAT IS AND WHAT WOULD SEEM
APPROPRIATE.
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Possible Theme for Roman Fever
The thin veneer of social propriety--made from
wealth and status-- may not be enough to cloak
the passions, triumphs, and defeats of those
women who are fierce combatants in the game of
love, which often results in an exposure to human
vulnerability.