Does “How I Met My Husband” present an example of irony of fate?Explain
What will be an ideal response?
- We have defined irony of fate as “the discrepancy between actions and their results, between what characters deserve and what they get, between appearance and reality.” Munro’s story would appear to qualify on all counts. The actions of both Chris and Edie—his false promises, her forlornly waiting at the mailbox every day— seem to be leading to her heartbreak, but they result in a lifetime of fulfillment and satisfaction. If we were in a harsh and judgmental mood, we might say that she deserves heartbreak and disillusion for her immaturity and foolishness, but what she gets is quite the opposite. The discrepancy between appearance and reality has been discussed in the previous answer. In his 1892 play Lady Windermere’s Fan, Oscar Wilde has a character famously observe: “In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. The last is much the worst, the last is a real tragedy!” Edie is saved from the real tragedy of getting what she wants, and the story’s conclusion is comic in both the colloquial sense and the classical one.
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