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Poetic justice, also called poetic irony, is a literary device with which ultimately virtue is rewarded and misdeeds are punished. In modern literature,[1] it is often accompanied by an ironic twist of fate related to the character's own action, hence the name "poetic irony".[2]
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- ^ Manuela Gertz (July 2010). Poetic Justice in William Faulkner's Absalom Absalom. GRIN Verlag. p. 4–. ISBN 978-3-640-66116-9. Retrieved 20 May 2013.