Edit this page Talk0. The Greek alphabet is used extensively in mathematics and the physical sciences to stand for well known constants, variables, functions, and so forth.
The question calls for examples of irony. This answer provides many examples of irony (each bulleted item is an example of irony), and explains the different ways in which they are ironic. The most common form of irony is when the spoken words do not convey the underlying meaning.
Let's finish up with a brief overview of this lesson. Dramatic irony occurs when the audience has a piece of knowledge (usually a significant one) that a character does not have. Dramatic irony appears in both comedy and tragedy. When discussing tragic works (such as the famous Greek tragedy Oedipus the King), dramatic irony is sometimes called tragic irony.