One of example of Irony Alfred Hitchcock use in the film was when the lady buying rat poison and she says"I hope this isn't painful". This was an example of verbal Irony because, the woman in the shop is buying poison for killing rats and doesn't want it to be painful. This is Ironic because she's buying poison to kill the rats she has and doesn't want the poison to be painful for them. Poison should be painful if your trying to kill something with it.
The affect this had on the audience was to make then laugh because your buy poison to kill thing. Not to make them feel great by feeling no pain. Alfred Hitchcock meant this part to be a funny moment of verbal irony. This probably made the audience question what the lady said or laugh at it.
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