1. Why is "The Story of an Hour" ironic?

A The plot turns out differently than expected.

OB The reader knows what is going to happen before the characters.

The characters and the events are exaggerated.

D Mrs. Mallard feels herself trapped in an unhappy marriage.

A The plot turns out differently than expected.

Explanation:

Irony occurs because of the discrepancy of the unseen happenings, and the reality of what happens. The central irony, therefore, occurs when she is happy because of the death of her husband, ideally no one celebrates the end of another person even though you were great enemies. First, she burst into tears but suddenly burst into joy.

It is, therefore, ironical when she goes to her room while shouting that she was free. She is happy because her husband is dead.