For this week’s discussion post I chose to read Edith Wharton’s "Roman Fever”. The story takes place in Rome‚ specifically at a restaurant overlooking the Palatine (one of the seven hills on which the oldest part of Rome was built) where two middle aged American women Mrs. Ansley (a well-cared for and still stunningly attractive woman)‚ and Mrs. Slade (a high colored fairly attractive woman) overhear two younger women on the street below carrying on about how they were going out to have fun with
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causes a person to possess the inability to see or to have the sense of sight. In the short story “Cathedral”‚ we meet an average‚ suburban husband and his wife‚ who have a troubled marriage. The husband is less than thrilled to meet his wife’s blind friend‚ Robert‚ who she has been exchanging tapes with for the past ten years. We feel sympathetic towards Robert because of his handicap‚ but as the story continues‚ it is in fact the narrator who should be pitied because he has trouble seeing the
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How fever works How does fever happen? Once endogenous pyrogens have been produced by the primary immune response‚ they must travel to the brain to actually induce fever. After their increased production by activated immune cells‚ cytokines such as IL-1‚ IL-6‚ and TNF are distributed throughout the body through the blood‚ as they are all soluble proteins. Now‚ then‚ these cytokines must have a target to signal and cause a reaction. PGE As it plays a central role in thermal regulation‚ it
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Irony and Foreshadowing in Poe’s Short Stories In Poe’s short stories‚ he uses literary devices like irony and foreshadowing to increase reader interest in his stories. Irony and Foreshadowing helps to create suspense‚ anxiety‚ and humor in his works. They also help to capture the audience’s attention and draw them into the story. Poe’s irony and foreshadowing are integrated in “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Fall of the House of Usher”. “The Cask of the Amontillado” is one of the best examples
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Name Mr.Akrapol Jirawongroj ID 5531007163 Section 16 Topic: Hydroelectricity and Solar Thermal Electricity [pic] Outline Type of your compare and contrast paragraph Block by block Controlling idea Hydroelectricity and solar thermal electricity are quite different in terms of limitation of production‚ environmental impacts and operation. On the other hand‚ they are similar to cost and maintenance. A: First difference is: limitation of production Explain Hydropower is reliable
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commonly used literary devices is irony. Irony can be defined as the difference between appearance and reality‚ or when a reader expects or assumes one thing and the opposite is true. It allows an author to engage and surprise the audience‚ which often also teaches an important lesson. Two classic examples of irony through literature are Oedipus the King by Sophocles and The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin. In the play Oedipus the King‚ Sophocles uses dramatic irony for the moral and political education
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What is irony and how is it used in the story? Irony is a stylistic device‚ used by the author to keep the drama in the story going‚ for the reader’s enjoyment. It is the twist or unexpected event which blends the elements of the story together. In the instance of O. Henry he combines exaggeration [or hyperbole] and irony to add humor in the story. O. Henry is a master of irony and exaggeration‚ so that his stories have flavor and depth. In "The Ransom of Red Chief‚" O. Henry uses the three devices;
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Irony in the “Story of an Hour” By Kate Choplin The Story of an Hour by Kate Choplin is about an older woman who struggles with coercion brought about by her husband and her surreptitious yearning for freedom. Mrs. Mallard does not truly know how miserable she was until she finds out that her husband has died in a terrible train accident. Kate Choplin writes this story in a limited‚ third person point of view; however‚ it is still quite exciting with how it
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Irony is often used as a device for giving stories many unexpected twists and turns. Irony in Kate Chopin’s story is used as an effective literacy device. She used irony by giving out hints of irony throughout the story‚ which are revealed at the end. There are different types of irony used in the story. For example Situational irony which is used to show the reader what is expected to happen sometimes doesn’t. Another type of irony is dramatic irony which is used to clue the reader in on something
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know that what she died from was not joy. In The Story of an Hour I found two types of irony‚ situational irony and dramatic irony. In this essay I will discuss these two types of irony‚
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