What happens is the opposite of what was expected or planned, in a way that reveals something about the characters or about the world of the work.
In Quincas Borba
Now that the obligation is over, I will give it to godmother Angélica
Rubião declares that the "obligation" is over and gets rid of the dog, but the will shows that it was the condition of the inheritance: the event completely contradicts what he supposed.
Chapters I to XII: Humanitas and the Philosopher's Death, Rubião
to finally treat it as if it were not a dog, but a human person
Chapters XIII to XXVIII: The Inheritance and Rubião's Temptation, the narrator
But, my dear, I owe you a great deal of money
Chapters L to LVII: Palha, Sofia, and Camacho's Arrival, Cristiano Palha
chooses something else, though not minister
Chapters CLXXII to CLXXXI: Teófilo, the Ministry, and Abandonment, Teófilo
To the victor, the potatoes!
Chapters CLXXXII to CCI: Madness, Abandonment, and Rubião's Death, Rubião
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