Can irony be described as a pointed contrast between reality and fantasy or as a pointed contrast between reality and expectations?

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Jade
Oct 20, 2016

The latter (second option)

Explanation:

I would say a pointed contrast between reality and expectations because that would be an example of situational irony. When one thing happens, completely contradicting when was expected to happen.

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