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Question
Complete: Use the chart below to explain the situational irony in ‘The Gift of the Magi’. For each character, identify what is expected to happen and what actually happens.
| SITUATIONAL IRONY | |
| What Della plans : | What actually happens |
| What Jim plans : | What actually happens : |
Solution
| SITUATIONAL IRONY | |
| What Della plans: To give Jim a wonderful Christmas gift in the form of a fob chain. | What actually happens: Della cannot use Jim's gift of combs because she has cut and sold her hair to get him his gift. |
| What Jim plans: To give Della a wonderful Christmas gift in the form of a set of tortoise shell combs. |
What actually happens: Jim cannot use Della's gift of a fob chain for his watch because he has sold his watch to get her gift. |
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