What is the situational irony in the story “Federigo’s Falcon” by Giovanni Boccaccio? A.
Monna marries Federigo in the end, although she is not in love with him.
B.
Monna’s son has a terminal illness, so the falcon can't save him.
C.
The only time Monna asks Federigo for something, he can't give it to her.
D.
Federigo’s falcon dies a pointless death.

What is the situational irony in the story federigo's Falcon by Giovanni Boccaccio.

The correct answer is B Mona’s son has a terminal illness so the Falcon can’t save him.

It is ironical that the reason Mona’s son had to keep alive, was the reason that then he dad to finally die. Mona went for the falcon to save his son’s live, but without expecting it, she was ending his life, because she did not know what Federigo was capable of doing just to please the love of his life.  One fact that makes the situation more ironical, it is Mona visiting a man she did not expect to visit once in her life, and she just did it for her son’s life. This interested visit had a high price to pay, this abnormal action demanded from life a cost to bear. All what Federigo gave from his life to be with Mona, now was getting back in a very unreasonably manner. Federigo’s wealth had to disappear and Mona’s son’s precious life gone too, for both of them to be together. Mona “would rather have a man who lacks money than money that lacks a man.”

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the purpose of the heading in the passage is to identify who is telling the story.

this excerpt is part of the book sugar changed the world (2010) written by marc aronson and marina budhos. as the book has been written by two people, the heading "marc" indicates that this specific excerpt is being narrated by aronson. in the fragment, marc describes his grandfather's story after hearing it from his cousin. however, there are other excerpts where budhos is the one that tells the story of her family.

aronson and budhos, who are husband and wife in real life, decided to write sugar changed the world when they found out how sugar, which had an important role in slavery and economy, changed their ancestors' lives.