

Thus such a snake comparison reveals his life position with love at one point in the story and snakes are usually signified as an emotionless, cold creature in literature. When David describes sexual link with a prostitute, he refers himself as a snake, relating his lovemaking as “absorbed, lengthy, abstract, and rather dry” (Coetzee 13). Dogs that David interacts with are imageries of his transformation to be more passionate. Coetzee’s Disgrace uses animals in making a number of statements about Professor David Lurie the main character in the novel. The roles of animals in the novel were literary used as imagery in Coetzee’s Disgrace. For instance, after the affair of David with Melanie reported to a school board, David is expected to apologize, but he instead proclaims himself being at fault and affirms it with no regrets. Additionally, there is as well situational irony throughout the novel. This is used in the novel to expose on how human beings are social animals that cannot honor words of their mounts and that, their statuses are not directly related with their actions. For instance, the famous prostitute, Soraya, when she left their array, David said that he would let her go nevertheless, David goes ahead sending her a confidential detective to investigate where she stays. He shows verbal irony, telling off himself issues which are not in agreement with his actual actions. David attempts to pardon his affair with Bev, the daughter’s friends, persuades himself of having done charity work. On the other hand, Ludus is given an iron of a casual lover, where sex is the order of the day without commitment. First, there is the passionate irony of romantic love, where Eros demonstrated to a partner and to a lover. In the novel, there happens to have a sealing relationship between love and iron hence, there are various forms of love and irony, and both are interlaced vigilantly in the novel. Throughout the novel, irony is used to create a sense of suspense and satire. As a consequence, the iron theme for such is described as a result of events that go against expectations. As a result of this disgraceful act, the novel's central theme of irony was introduced. Many of his acts were the polar opposite of what the general public expected from a professor. According to the storyline, David made a series of mistakes that resulted in a metaphysical account of disgrace.


Coetzee that tells the story of David Lurie, a fifty-two-year-old professor. Disgrace is a work of fiction written by J.M.
