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 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.

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mcarc09 mcarc09 · Answer 2 · 2022-03-16T10:49:49+01:00

The excerpt is ironic because it shows that the handicaps devised to conceal the ballerina’s strength and beauty actually accentuate them. (option D)

What is irony?

We say a situation is ironic when the outcome is not what we expected. That is the reason why the excerpt we are analyzing here is ironic. The handicaps the ballerina wears should produce the outcome of concealing her strength and beauty. But the real outcome is that those qualities are accentuated, that is, made more evident.

For better context, in "Harrison Bergeron," people are forced by the government to wear handicaps - devices or objects that will make them all equal. No one should look better or be smarter than anyone else in this society.

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