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The examples in her song are situational irony: something different from (opposite to) what you expect (want).
by foobarbazqux 13y ago
The examples in her song are situational irony: something different from (opposite to) what you expect (want).
- sliverstorm 13y agoMy understanding: Situational irony involves expected outcomes, not just expectations. So, rain on your wedding day? That's not an outcome- you didn't cause the rain! Now on the other hand, if your boss tries to fire you and winds up fired himself instead of you, that would be situational irony, because the result of his actions are opposite what he expected.
- paul_f 13y agoIt's not ironic if it rains on YOUR wedding day, but it would be ironic if it rained on a weatherman's wedding day. That's the difference between bad luck and irony.
- foobarbazqux 13y agoA rainy day is a bad day, full of dark skies, miserable wetness, mud, and poor opportunities for taking pictures. A wedding day is a good day, full of hope and promise and new life, a day in which you'd like to go outside with other people. So rain on a wedding day is ruining what is supposed to be a good day. (Assuming you fall into the mindset that rain and weddings don't mix.) If it weren't, then why do people arrange to have weddings during the dry months of the year?
- sliverstorm 13y agoYes, but as we are discussing, that doesn't make it ironic!
- foobarbazqux 13y agoBy choosing to hold the wedding on a day when the sun is likely to shine, you have influence over the outcome, and the expected result is a wedding without rain. It wouldn't be ironic for it to rain in Seattle in January on your wedding day. The theme of the song is that life has a way of teaching you lessons through irony by foiling your plans when you exert too much control. Man plans and God laughs, etc.