AQA GCSE English Literature · 8702
Paper 1
A difference between what a character intends or expects and what actually happens.
Revise: Chapters 53 to 61This is situational irony: Lady Catherine’s attempt to separate them supplies the encouragement that brings them together. Her intervention is a turning point because it gives Darcy information he could not confidently obtain from Elizabeth’s embarrassed behaviour.
- Revise: Lady Catherine de Bourgh
A contrast in which an event produces an outcome contrary to what was intended or expected.