OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation · J199
Paper 1, Paper 4
A contrast between expectation and outcome. Here, the love that wins Eurydice’s release also prompts the backward glance that loses her.
Revise: RomeThe central irony is that love first secures Eurydice’s release and then causes the action that destroys it.
- Revise: Roman Satire: Origins and the Styles of Horace and Juvenal
A contrast between what is said or apparently meant and the underlying meaning, often used to expose absurdity or injustice.