Verbal Irony

There are three types of irony, Irony, Verbal Irony,

and Dramatic Irony.

Irony is completely ironic. Higgins is able to turn

Eliza into a proper young lady. Higgins taught her the
proper British dialect of a respectable young
woman.

An example of verbal irony is when Higgins explains

to Pickering that he is going to turn Eliza into a

duchess after the man at the party accused her of

being one. It's not possible for Eliza to be a duchess
since she is not of royal blood.

Dramatic Irony is represented by Eliza when she

was in the dark about Higgins' plan, or lack there of
for her outcome. The reader is able to pick up on
literary hints such as when Mrs. Pearce lectures
Higgins that she is going to want to live in the high
society since she had a taste for it with Higgins, and
it is not going to be possible for her to continue the

high lifestyle she has been exposed to by selling

flowers on the street.