Which literary element do these lines have in common?

1.But to Rudolf the history sounded as big as the Iliad or the crisis in "Junie's Love Test."
2.Wherefore it is better to be a guest of the law, which though conducted by rules, does not meddle unduly with a gentleman's private affairs.

A.diction
B.irony
C.imagery
D.syntax

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Would it be irony?