metamorphosis

There are many different kinds of irony, which are portrayed in most literary writings. Verbal irony is when someone states one thing in order to mean the exact opposite. An example of verbal Irony would be someone saying what a beautiful day it is outside when there is a snowstorm accuring. Situational Irony is when something occurs that would not normally be expected when both the reader and the characters do not expect. Cosmic irony is described when asburb things accur along with dark humor. Situational Irony is when the reader has information which the characters do not. In the following essay I will examine these different types of irony's and connect them to "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka (1883-1924).
Part one of this short story begins with situational irony when "Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from useasy dreams [and] found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect" (Kafka 19). Although this story jumps right into the climax both the audience and t'he ...