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What situational irony occurs in “The Colomber” by Dino Buzzati?


Stefano kills the colomber and ends the curse of the colomber forever.

The colomber reveals a secret ability to walk on land.

Stefano’s father was the real victim of the colomber.

The colomber pursues Stefano in order to give him a magic pearl.

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pkmnmushy

The irony is that the colomber pursues stefano in order to give him a magic pearl. It is ironic due to the fact that it seems that the colomber was going to kill stefano but he does not do that.

ailud18

The situational irony which occurs in “The Colomber” by Dino Buzzati is that the colomber pursues Stefano in order to give him a magic pearl. Option D is correct,

Stefano gave up his dream of becoming a sea captain seeking to ensure that he will live a long life after seeing the Colomber.

Tthe Colomber was considered a harbinger of Death and that whoever sees it will be doomed for life.

However, the reason why the Colomber was after Stefano was that it had to give Stefano a pearl that would grant him good luck and success in life.  And the irony  lies on the fact that Stefano feared the Colomber was false and baseless.

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