Which sentence in this excerpt from William Dean Howells's "Editha" use an ironic tone? The lady who was passing the summer near
Balcom's Works was sketching Editha's beauty, which lent itself wonderfully to the effects of a colorist. It had come to that confidence which is rather apt to grow between artist and sitter, and Editha had told her everything. "To think of your having such a tragedy in your life!" the lady said. She added: "I suppose there are people who feel that way about war. But when you consider how much this war has done for the country! I can't understand such people, for my part. And when you had come all the way out there to console her--got up out of a sick bed! Well!” “I think,” Editha said magnanimously, “she wasn’t quite in her right mind; so did papa.” “Yes,” the lady said, looking at Editha’s lips in nature and then at her lips in art, and giving an empirical touch to them in the picture. “But how dreadful of her! How perfectly—excuse me—how vulgar!”
The correct answer is "But when you consider how much this war has done for the country! I can't understand such people, for my part. "
The sentence in this excerpt from William Dean Howells's "Editha" that uses an ironic tone is "But when you consider how much this war has done for the country! I can't understand such people, for my part."
Irony can be understood as the literary resource that states a trait that is opposed to what is shown. It is when the author writes something that is in opposition to the situation.
"Editha" was written by William Dean Howells and published in January 1905, in "Harper's Monthly." The short history refers to the life of Editha and her romantic view during times of war. Editha and her religious beliefs made her insists on her fiancee to go to war and fight for the country. He went to battle and die.
Answer: Marta is angry about having to move again because they were going to strike, but she is determined to fight for their rights. ... We aren't going to work under those disgusting conditions and for those pitiful wages.” She is feeling hopeful because there are many others who support the strike.
