An absurd pretense intended to create a pleasant or respectable appearance
The correct answer is "I felt a little sorry, and would have called him back, but I found he was returning of his own accord."
Explanation: In "The Cabuliwallah" by Rabindranath Tagore, the narrator did not like the idea of the Cabuliwallah showing on the day of his daughter's wedding, and denied his request to see her. The narrator begins to feel bad for him, and before the Cabuliwallah leaves, he accepts the gifts he brought for her.
There are three different types of irony. Dramatic irony is when the reader or audience understands something that the characters do not. Situational irony is the difference between what happens and what was expected to happen. Verbal irony is when words express something contrary to the truth or when someone says the opposite of what they feel.
The passage, "May the Gods rain down all kinds of fortune on your lives, misfortune never harbor in your homeland," is from <em>The Odyssey</em>. Odysseus says this prayer after King Alcinous told the nobles to be generous with their gifts. It is ironic because Odysseus is the reasoning for their suffering. It is an example of situational irony because Odysseus is causing their misfortune and saying a prayer that there not be misfortune in their land.
What do you think the poem, "Solitude" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox seems to be saying about the golden rule?