Pleasure
In the beginning of the first part about Scheherazade, the protagonist saw her decision of going to the King and letting him sleep with her as a sacrifice. She could not imagine the fact the she could learn to take pleasure in sexual intercourse and be as satisfying for her as it was for the King. Ironically, only after a few nights, Scheherazade learned that she also enjoys having an intimate relationship with the King and that in reality it wasn’t as she imagined it will be.
Not a killer
In Dunyazaidiad’s story, the two Kings began killing after they discovered that their spouses have been cheating on them. While the King Scheherazade married was known to be cruel, the other King was described as being even crueler, killing more girls than his brother. But the truth about his true nature is revealed at the end of Dunyazaidiad’s story and is seen as being something ironic. Despite the fact that everyone believed him to be the cruelest, the King Dunyazaidiad married never killed any of the girls he slept with. Instead, he sent them to a safe place where they could continue living in peace with their sisters.
Begging for help
When Perseus first began his journey to find and kill Medusa, he needed the help of the Graeaes which he tricked by stealing their eye and giving it back only after they told him where Medusa was. Years later, Perseus began another journey, trying to find a cure for his mortality. Once again, he needed help from the Graeae but this time, his sister warned him that he will have to act in a different way. Instead of fooling the Graeae and forcing then to tell him what he wants, he will have to ask them nicely to give him the information he needs and help them to find their missing eye. This is seen as being ironical because the character who used to take whatever he liked without asking found himself in the situation to have to ask to be helped by those who used to be his enemies.
Controlled by women
In Perseus’s story, the men are not in charge. Instead, they are controlled by women. Perseus is controlled by his wife, Andromeda, and he worries constantly about her and tries to find ways to please her. When he finds that Andromeda left him for another man, he began to cry instead of feeling angry. The same this applies in the case of Andromeda’s parents, where the relationship is similar to the one Perseus and Andromeda has. In fact, Andromeda’s father even admitted that his wife is the queen and he is just a queen’s husband. This situation is seen as being ironical because in both cases, the men are powerful and they almost have a God-like status and yet a human woman controls them.
Pegasus
Perseus is the hero is the Perseid, and he seems to have everything he asks for. Athena doesn’t shy away from giving him her weapons or helping him by telling him vital information. Despite this, there is an instance when Athena is not willing to help Perseus and that is when he goes and asks to be given the magical horse, Pegasus. Athena’s s argument was what she had to give the horse to another hero, Perseus’s cousin. This situation is ironical because it gives the impression that there is some type of rivalry between the two men and that Perseus ended up feeling insulted that he was denied the right to use the horse.
