The term "irony" means "an outcome or act opposite or other than what should be expected in a situation." Irony is often associa
ted with sarcasm and wit, such as asking the fan of a band how she liked a concert, and the reply being, "Oh, it was horrible. I loved it!" Situational irony is often used by authors to point out things in life that are problematic. Consider the paragraph where Felix is teaching Safie English from Volney's Ruins of the Empires. What is an ironic point in this paragraph?a. Felix states he chose the book because the style is "framed in imitation of eastern authors," to help Safie who is of Eastern descent, yet it talks about "slothful Asiatics."b. Both the creature and Safie wept over "the hapless fate of [the American hemisphere's] original
The irony that Mary Shelley used in the passage when Felix teaches Safie English was the choice that he makes in choosing the book "Ruins of Empires" by Volney. The book speaks about the "slothful Asiatics" about the wars, etc.
While Felix teaches English to Safie, the monster also learns the language. and while learning language he also learns about the vices of humans to each other. Another irony we can find in the text was that the monster is by name monster but in nature, humans are monstrous because of the deeds that they do with each other.
