Question

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In "The Lady or the Tiger?," the narrator explains the process by which the king decides whether a person is innocent or guilty, claiming that "its perfect fairness was obvious."

Which best explains the use of verbal irony in the narrator's speech?

a. The process is not obvious at all; no one has ever seen it!
b. The process is horribly unfair, as it does not determine real guilt or innocence.
c. The narrator only thinks things are obvious because he is telling the story.
d. The outcome is obvious because the accused always gets either the lady or the tiger.

Answer 1

The answer was

The process is horribly unfair, as it does not determine real guilt or innocence.

Answer 2

The right answer is that the process is horribly unfair, as it does not determine real guilt or innocence. The narrator chooses to explain it with an irony tone because it could never be fair that one person is not being judged at all, but made to choose his own destiny in front of two doors which can lead to death or love. It is a whole show for the spectators and for the king as well.