A. Literary
Verbal dramatic and situational are the other types of irony.
His ambiguous conduct, however, led to the despatch of two expeditions against the Mirdites and the devastation of their territory.
Answer:
The central idea of this passage is to tell the reader about good and bad examples of fatherhood.
Explanation:
The man with the child uses the "unfatherly expression, 'Well! give me peace in my day.'" Further down, it notes that a generous parent "should have said, 'If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace;'".