In his famed work Antigone‚ Sophocles does what most authors fail to do. Unlike the general crowd‚ Sophocles uses positive personality traits to bring conflict to his characters. He breaks normal organization of works and pushes the use of character flaws out of view. With this‚ persuading irony is formed—an irony which immortalizes the play just as a proper burial would immortalize Polyneices. Standard positive traits result in Creon and Antigone’s disgraces. Creon is a determined captain of a
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compensate for their upperhand in life. Vonnegut uses multiple literary devices to portray the theme of this story. The irony‚ symbolism‚ and resolution utilized in “Harrison Bergeron” work together to prove that total equality is not attainable‚ nor is it worth striving to achieve. First off‚ it is ironic that the government attempts to establish a
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United States spent on the lottery in 2014 (Thompson). The issue at hand is the United States lottery appeals to lower-class society by using their hopes to waste their money on the lottery. The government does this because there is little to no regulations on the advertisements of the lottery. My position on this topic is not for nor against the lottery but a change in the regulations of ways to advertise and promote the lottery‚ and the criteria of who can play the lottery should be altered. In the
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The Traditional Ritual " The Lottery " Michelle Jackson‚ provides readers with detailed descriptions of how people can follow ritual traditions subsequently blindly‚ without even thinking how much sense it actually makes to follow such traditions‚ or how it affects them or their loved ones.( 235-243) The name of the title makes you consider that this story is concerning drawing numbers and winning a prize‚ then to my surprise it is about how a tiny village involved in a tradition‚ ritual every year
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The Lottery is a short story written by Shirley Jackson. In the story‚ its use multiple symbol. According to the story‚” the black box grew shabbier each year…” (1). When you think of black‚ you think about evil or death. So‚ the black box can be a symbol between life or death for each and every person. Another quote state‚ “it had a black spot on it…” (6). The black spot on the paper can show a symbol for the family been marked for death. Also‚ when you pull a piece of paper out the box its can
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The Pearl‚ by John Steinback‚ recalls a parable in the bible. In the novella‚ the pearl is the central symbol‚ and unlike in the bible‚ is never clearly defined. Kino‚ Juana‚ and Coyotito are affected the most by the product of the pearl. At first‚ the pearl is seen as a stroke of divine providence‚ but through-out the novella‚ it will bring misfortune. The flawless pearl is deceiving and its true essence contrasts between its apparent‚ good outcome‚ and its intended‚ bad outcome. When Kino finds
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the burdens they had to carry with them. In this story‚ O’Brien uses symbolism‚ irony and the theme of burden and guilt to portray how the war has affected the men and the ways they cope. O’Brien’s usage of these literary devices serves as a remembrance of what the soldiers have left behind and a false sense of security about the violence and death that surrounds them. We are able to see the way each of the characters’ deal with the atrocities of the Vietnam War and what their objects say about who
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I would object to the idea of “The Survival Lottery”. The proposal of the survival lottery mainly centres on the claim that there is no difference between killing and letting die‚ and that leaving Y and Z to die without any interventions would be the same as murdering them. Thus‚ instead of killing both Y and Z‚ the doctor should kill A‚ a third-party‚ and save both Y and Z’s lives‚ because such action would result in a total of one death instead of two. Since it would be begging the question to
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Interpretation of Literature 4/23/2014 Topic 2 – Othering Shirley Jackson’s story‚ “The Lottery”‚ takes place on June 27th in a very small village of about only 300 people. This day is what they call the day of the lottery‚ hence the title. The Lottery is a tradition they have done for years‚ where the entire village gathers in the square‚ wait for their name to be called‚ which they then pick a small piece of paper from a black box‚ and patiently wait for everyone to pick their piece of paper
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Lovecraft once said‚ “From even the greatest of horrors‚ irony is seldom absent.” In fact‚ irony is used very often in horror stories. One story that this is particularly overt in is Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado”. In “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ Poe utilizes irony to create dark humor by writing Montressor’s intentions to kill Fortunado at the beginning of the story‚ and then making light of the whole situation. The first case of irony is that Fortunado was dressed as a fool. This is ironic
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