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Brilliant_brown [7]
3 years ago
5

Narcissus was "a youth who knelt daily beside a lake to contemplate his beauty. He was so fascinated by himself that, one mornin

g, he fell into the lake and drowned. At the spot where he fell, a flower was born, which was called narcissus."
which of the following best explains the irony of this excerpt?

A. The fact that Narcissus thought he was pretty is an example of verbal irony.
B. The fact that Narcissus drowned in a lake is an example of dramatic irony.
C. The fact that a beautiful flower grew because a tragedy happened is situational irony.
D. People calling the flower"the narcissus" is verbal irony.
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1 answer:
Arlecino [84]3 years ago
6 0
<span>In Greek mythology, </span>Narcissus <span>was a hunter from Thespiae in Boeotia who was known for his beauty. He was the son of the river god Cephissus and nymph  Unable to leave the beauty of his reflection and fell in love with his own relflection. So the</span> answer is C.
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