A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court

by Mark Twain

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court: Situational Irony 1 key example

Chapter 8: The Boss
Explanation and Analysis—The Only Great Man:

In Chapter 8, Hank uses a hyperbole in reference to his status as a 19th century man in medieval times: 

Here I was [...] by all rational measurement the one and only actually great man in that whole British world.