Situational irony occurs when what is expected to happen is different from what actually happens. from the following passage, we are expecting - both had now given up the useless struggle to free themselves from the mass of wood that held them down; ulrich limited his endeavours to an effort to bring his one partially free arm near enough to his outer coat-pocket to draw out his wine-flask. even when he had accomplished that operation it was long before he could manage the unscrewing of the stopper or get any of the liquid down his throat. but what a heaven-sent draught it seemed! it was an open winter, and little snow had fallen as yet, hence the captives suffered less from the cold than might have been the case at that season of the year; nevertheless, the wine was warming and reviving to the wounded man, and he looked across with something like a throb of pity to where his enemy lay, just keeping the groans of pain and weariness from crossing his lips.
a. ulrich will ignore his feelings of pity for georg because the feud is too strong between them.
b. georg will die from thirst.
c. ulrich will become intoxicated.