Read the excerpt from "harrison bergeron." “ladies and gentlemen—” said the ballerina, reading the bulletin. she must have been extraordinarily beautiful, because the mask she wore was hideous. and it was easy to see that she was the strongest and most graceful of all the dancers, for her handicap bags were as big as those worn by two-hundred-pound men. what is ironic about this excerpt? the ballerina is described as beautiful, but she is actually hideous. the news bulletin being read on the television is about harrison. the ballerina is able to read the news bulletin flawlessly while wearing a mask and handicap bags. the handicaps devised to conceal the ballerina’s strength and beauty actually accentuate them.

The correct answer is D.

Explanation:

The ballerina in this excerpt from "Harrison Bergeron," was given the most handicaps -the hideous mask and the enormous handicap bags- to hide her extraordinary beauty and strenght.

Ironically, these two things allow the speaker to acknowledge her. He realizes that, in order to stand out despite all the obstacles she was given, she must truly be strong and beautiful.

The irony about this excerpt is that The handicaps devised to conceal the ballerina’s strength and beauty actually accentuate them.

Explanation:

"Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut presents irony in this excerpt due to all the elements that the ballerina has to carry. They don't reduce the impact that she has as it was supposed to be, instead, they make her more noticeable to others eyes, it is said in the lines "She must have been extraordinarily beautiful because the mask she wore was hideous"

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now, of course, the quality and the seasonability of these winter dreams varied, but the stuff of them remained.   they persuaded dexter several years later to pass up a business course at the state university—his father, prospering now, would have paid his way—for the precarious advantage of attending an older and more famous university in the east, where he was bothered by his scanty funds. but do not get the impression, because his winter dreams happened to be concerned at first with musings on the rich, that there was anything merely snobbish in the boy. he wanted not association with glittering things and glittering people—he wanted the glittering things themselves. often he reached out for the best without knowing why he wanted it—and sometimes he ran up against the mysterious denials and prohibitions in which life indulges.

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