Question

My butterfly days are over is a verbal irony.Why?

Answer 1

Answer:

Verbal Irony happens when a character says one thing and its meaning is entirely different.

According to the above sentence, Mr. Easton's actual meaning is that his freedom had been curtailed because of his being sentenced to prison. But Miss Fairchild thinks that Mr. Easton was referring to his social days and assumes that once Mr. Easton has taken a job with the criminal justice system, he won't have freedom to do whatever he used to do earlier. This is what Mr. Easton wants her to actually think.

Answer 2

Answer:

my butterfly days are over'' signifies that Easton' s good and adventurous days of making money and deceiving people are over and now he would have to suffer for his mistakes.