Question

Read this line from the text:

"I had a thousand times rather be miserable with remembering my mother, than be happy in forgetting her."

Which device does the author use in this line of Proserpina's dialogue?

 Imagery Irony Syntax Tone

Answer 1

I would say the author uses irony in this passage that remembering his mother makes him not happy but miserable which may be the opposite of what is expected  but he would rather suffer this than be happy in forgetting her as this latter feeling would be expected to make him sad.