Respuesta :
What best explains the irony in the ending of "The Inchcape Rock" is option C:Sir Ralph removed the bell, hoping that other ships crash as a result. However, his own ship was destroyed due to the missing bell.
Irony is a rhetorical device, employed to cause an emotional or intellectual response from the reader or listener. This literary device is a figure of speech and thus a linguistic (language) tool for writers and speakers.