Unique+Literary+Devices

A unique device that seems extremely important and creates a great laugh is the comical irony. This shows up throughout the entire story, starting with the very first sentence. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” This quote begins the play, although we clearly know that the opposite is really meant. Mrs. Bennet, the entire time, searches and searches for a wealthy husband for her daughters. At this time period it was very very uncommon to see a woman unmarried at a certain age, and more common to see a man unwed. This irony increases through the story with most of the daughters. They all are all in want of a wife, while the men just kind of let what happens, happen. By the end it ends in a marriage and two proposals but look who had started and looked for these to come about, the women. The whole novel revolves around this comical irony

.Pride and Prejudice