Verbal Irony In 'Chaucer'

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situational irony is when a incongruity appears between expectations of something to happen and what actually happens, an example of this is during the harry potter series everyone is informed that harry must kill lord Voldemort, but in reality he must kill Harry. Verbal irony is when words that are meant to tell the truth don't or are contrary to the truth, an example could be a mom looking at her sons messy room and saying that he could win an award for cleanliness. Dramatic irony is just irony but in a dramatic situation, an example could be that two people are going to get married and t seems clear but little dose everyone know the man plans to run away with another
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