This is no time for false pride, Willy. . . . You've got two great boys, haven't you? Now that Willy really needs the boys, the reality of their worthlessness crushes his idealized version, and Willy is in a Catch-22, no win situation. Which literary element is being used here?

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This is no time for false pride, Willy. . . . You've got two great boys, haven't you? Now that Willy really needs the boys, the reality of their worthlessness crushes his idealized version, and Willy is in a Catch-22, no win situation. Which literary element is being used here?