Irony is a strategy writers use to set contrast between what is supposed to be true and what is reality, just as in verbal irony, an author might say or write one thing and at the same time mean the complete opposite. In the story by Frank R. Stockton "The Lady, or the Tiger?" the author used verbal irony to help us realize the absurdity of the king's idea of judgment and the real intentions …showed first 75 words of 590 total…

…showed last 75 words of 590 total…the story "The Lady or the Tiger?" helps to build your opinion without the idea being stated by the author. The irony is what makes us think and see the reality, to evaluate it, and to understand the contrast between the joke and truth. Even the events in your life have irony, when one may say one thing and mean the other. Irony is an important element in literature as well as in real life.