Two important literary styles that can be seen in “The Cask of Amontillado” are a point of view and irony. Both components aid in building the suspense that is maintained throughout the story. The narrator (Montresor) uses the first-person point of view in speaking to an unidentified individual. “You‚ who so well knows the nature of my soul” that is never revealed in the story. (pg 1126). Montresor’s demeanor throughout the story is calm‚ confident‚ and void of emotion. He never suggests to the
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Skylar Ervin 10-6-07 Professor Renner Shaun of the Dead The film Shaun of the Dead is a British zombie flick filled with comedy‚ romance‚ and horror. It is an original piece‚ directed by Edgar Wright and co-star Simon Pegg‚ which uses irony throughout the entire movie. Many critics think of the movie as a British comedy but I believe it is much more than that. I believe the cast was appropriately chosen for this movie. The main character is Shaun‚ Simon Pegg‚ who’s an irresponsible young
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"The Necklace": The Development of Irony by Kimberly Ednie Mrs. Connolly ENC 1102 M-W-F 9:00AM Short Story Essay January 29‚ 1997 Guy de Maupassant’s "The Necklace" is situational irony written in 1884. The story was written in a time when there were very distinct social classes primarily determined by one’s birth. It is about a woman who can not come to terms with her position in the middle class. Although she knows she can not escape her class‚ she refuses to accept it gracefully.
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Passage-based essay 2. The moment in which Elizabeth tells a lie in order to save her husband’s life‚ indicates dramatic irony. The playwright makes this happen when first John Proctor calls Abigail’s a whore and‚ in spite of the humiliation he felt‚ revealed his affair with her. As Danforth cannot believe the seventeen year-old girl is actually a “whore”‚ he asks Goody Proctor to come up to test the truth of this charge. Before she enters the court‚ John swears Elizabeth is an extremely honest
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Irony Irony is the use of words to express something different and often opposite to its literal meaning and it is a device that plays a major role in revealing the theme of a literary work. In Inferno‚ written by Niven and Pournelle‚ the main character‚ Allan Carpentier‚ travels into the depths of hell and finally escapes when he realizes who he is. Throughout his journey‚ the other people in hell do not want to accept that they are there‚ which in turn‚ is the reason they cannot leave hell. Those
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One big claim that was mentioned the most in Chapter 26‚ was how ironies was used as an element of surprise in many pieces of literature‚ from the movies‚ to books of any kind‚ all the way to poems. The Lego Movie had so many ironies‚ that the amount was figuratively uncountable. In this presentation‚ I chose two obvious evidence to convey even further the point that Thomas C. Foster claimed. The video on the top left‚ is a video clip of Emmett’s colleagues reflecting on who Emmet is as
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subject of war and protest. Some writers have written to memorize battles‚ honor those who fight or just to glorify war itself. What tools can writers use to protest war? Writers use three techniques to achieve the protest of war. They use Imagery‚ Irony‚ and Structure. A way writers use to protest war is by using Imagery. Crane used very strong glorifying imagery. He put negative images next to the glorified images and that was his way of protesting war. “Hoarse‚ booming drums of the regiment” is
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provided in the beginning‚ which implies a dramatic irony. Another type of irony that Morison includes is situational irony. Usually a father or father figure would respect the child they are raising but in this case Pecola’s father raped her leading to her pregnancy. We would assume that this type of situation would not occur since we know that it is a disturbing and morbid act‚ but alas Cholly‚ Pecola’s dad‚ gets her pregnant. Moreover‚ another irony presented towards other minor characters is that
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Foreshadowing: “On Sunday mornings after mass‚ father and son would go crunching up the gravel road to the house on the hill. The Judge’s wife invariably offered them beer‚ which Don Julian enjoyed and Alfredo did not. After a half hour or so‚ the chessboard would be brought out; then Alfredo and Julia Salas would go out to the porch to chat. She sat in the low hammock and he in a rocking chair and the hours--warm‚ quiet March hours--sped by. He enjoyed talking with her and it was evident that she
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