The answer is b. compensate
The ironic elements that is used to show the relationship between this husband and wife is exaggeration.
<h3>How irony is used in the story</h3>
Van Winkle is said to be a good natured and pleasant person but he is still described as henpecked.
His wife is said to be constantly nagging him and asking him to do household chores yet he is said to be a lazy person.
She is said to be eloquent yet the story tells us of her nagging which is not valuable.
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The effect of these words or first the meaning is that the author, Sojourner Truth an ex slave is obliged to those who listened to her speech and is concluding her speech and has stated that while white women may be oppressed too their oppression is still not as much as black women have suffered with the added oppression of slavery. She also states that she can work just as hard as a man so deserves to have equal rights.
