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    There is actually lots of irony in this story. The key piece is that the two characters in this story hate each other. They want each other dead and in the end‚ both of them end up dieing. Irony is the best thing to have in stories in my opinion. They make it interesting and funny so at the end you can say “ha sucks doesn’t it”. Ulrich and Georg have grown up hating each other and wouldn’t mind killing one another. They show this from a young age‚ “as boys they had thirsted for one another’s blood”

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    Paper #2 Throughout time sitcoms have used satire‚ irony and parody to entertain and get laughs out of its audience. Almost everyone likes certain sitcoms for different reasons‚ but mostly because they enjoy a good laugh. I want to talk about sitcoms and what is hiding behind the satire‚ irony and parodies. Sitcoms are meant to help its audience through social anxieties without fully coming out and saying what it is doing. The word sitcom is actually two words put together which was once called

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    Irony Matt looked on as Mr Lensher was handcuffed by the police. The wrinkles on his face were suddenly so detailed that Matt suspected if he had made the right decision. Aged sixty‚ a sentence for theft would have caused to die in jail. Ironically‚ Matt could remember the exact same words Mr Lensher once told him‚ "No matter how old or young a person is‚ or whatever reason he has for committing a crime‚ if he breaks the law‚ he deserves to be punished. " It was these exact words that made Matt

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    Irony is deliberately shown through the leading female characters in the short stories “The Story of an Hour‚” “A Rose for Emily‚” and also “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” These stories place these women in ironic situations based around their time period and their location. The ironic situations that the authors place these female characters in are largely based around the events that are occurring in that time and place. The irony in the stories is revealed through the actions of the main female

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    Leo Tolstoy’s Ironic Yet Inspiring Master and Man In Leo Tolstoy’s short story‚ Master and Man‚ Tolstoy makes effective use of dramatic irony. Irony‚ as defined by the Encyclopaedia Brittanica‚ is “…a situation in which there is an incongruity between what is expected and what occurs.1” A well-known example of situational irony is found in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Two lovers end up killing themselves for one another in hasty passion. When in reality‚ if they had waited and discovered all

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    In "Black Hawk’s Surrender Speech‚" Black Hawk argues that the white man or new settlers were taking away his tribes resources. He claims that all the animals and water were going away‚ and because of this‚ he wants to ger rid of these new people. According to the document‚ these "white men" were greta enemies of the Sauk. Black Hawk states‚ "An indian who is as bad as the white men‚ could not live in our nation; he would be put to death and eat up by the wolves." These people are so bad‚ that

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    Greek Terracota Amphora 6th Century BCE‚ Orvieto‚ Italy The Greek world of the sixth centuries B.C.E. consisted of numerous independent city-states‚ also known as poleis‚ separated one from the other by mountains and the sea. As they grew in wealth and power‚ the poleis on the coast of Asia Minor and neighboring islands competed with one another in the elaboration of art. Greek vessels hide substantial information about its culture. At first glance they may seem very simple and ordinary‚ but

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    Leah Tyson Mr. Gale Composition III 2 March 2017 Speech Assignment Many people love to shop‚ but there are some shoppers who become too aggressive. The Black Friday shopping frenzy has become so intense that you can’t enjoy shopping. Shopping can cause aggression and sales like Black Friday only make the matter worse. Within the last decade‚ there have been 10 deaths and 105 injures. Though Black Friday may seen as awesome‚ it can cause stress and anxiety because people are worrying about what

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    eechhttp://engquizzitive.wordpress.com/gk-for-snap/ Simile: A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two different things‚ usually by employing the words "like" or "as"... "if" or "than" are also used though less commonly. A simile differs from a metaphor in that the latter compares two unlike things by saying that the one thing is the other thing. Using ’like’ A simile can explicitly provide the basis of a comparison or leave this basis implicit. In the implicit case‚ characterized

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    Irony moving the story forward To keep a reader intrigued and interested in what you are writing is a secret. That secret to success is not much of a secret at all‚ its all about keeping the story consistent and flowing naturally with transitions. You don’t want a long boring ol story making your audience sleep‚ a humours‚ suspenseful‚ full of ironic scenes would be sure to keep a reader on there feet wanting to see what will happen next. Authors use a box full of tools which contain literally

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