Situational irony refers to circumstances in which characters find themselves which suggest a specific outcome but that the opposite of such an expectation happens. A good example from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet would be when Romeo, having the best of intentions, intervenes in the duel between his best friend, Mercutio, and his sworn enemy, Tybalt. In doing so, he provides Tybalt an opportunity to fatally wound Mercutio. The outcome,...
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