IRONY in The Crucible | |Occurs when someone states one thing and means another; often recognized as sarcasm | |Verbal irony |i.e. narrator refers to honesty as an “incumbrance” or “burden” | | |A contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually does happen | |Situational
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The most prominent example of a play that depicts a conflict between a parent and a son is Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. The conflict occurs between Willy Loman‚ an idealistic father who lives in his fantasy world‚ and Biff Loman‚ a son determined to turn his life around. The main conflict in this play is Willy’s inability to see reality and how he forces his deception onto Biff‚ although Biff realizes this and wants his father to come to terms with reality. Willy imagines himself being
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Willy Loman is a salesman and Biff is a salesman’s son. A lot of what some salesmen do is pump up the things they are selling with a lot of hot air; today this is called hype. Well‚ for Willy‚ his first-born son‚ Biff‚ is everything in the world. Even back when Biff was a football star in high school‚ Willy wasn’t doing too well any longer as a salesman. This fact made him tired and depressed‚ but at least there was Biff. Biff was someone who Willy could believe in and admire when everything else
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War has affected each generation in its own way. It has brought about gruesome deaths and sadness across nations. However‚ it has also been the reason for positive things such as beautiful war writings. Writers possess the skill to not only share stories from previous battles or personal memories they might have‚ but they also‚ in their own way‚ can protest war. They do this by simply using imagery‚ irony‚ and structure. These three things have enabled authors to help readers who did not go through
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use of rhetorical devices such as symbolism‚ foreshadowing‚ and irony. Also his risky personality that provoked him to write this story as play instead of a novel. Writing a play is exceptionally harder to pull off‚ and Arthur Miller did just that. To have this much success with a piece of literature‚ rhetorical devices are a must‚ and a huge one that
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The Energetic Salesman 1. Backgrounds factors Keith Swanson graduated from a prestigious university that was considered as one of the best business school in the country. He was really good student‚ his school average of the marks was B+. He was focused on studying the marketing and finance. Although he had good results in the school‚ he was active in many other fields. For example Keith was the member of the university golf team‚ he was active in intramural sports and he was a vice-president
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Though Linda appears to be just an average 1950’s American housewife in Act one of Death of a Salesman‚ she is actually an important character as she represents reality‚ as opposed to Willy living in the past‚ and is the most level-headed character in the whole play. Throughout act one‚ both in Willy’s dreams and in the present‚ Linda acts as Willy’s sole source of motivation. She is always complementing him‚ "you’re the handsomest man in the world." She encourages him in his work‚ assuring him
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dead father and king of Denmark who tells him the reason for his death was in the hands of his uncle Claudius. Hamlet then devises many plans to try and kill Claudius which ultimately end in many unnecessary deaths and leaves the state of Denmark with their enemy Fortinbras. Throughout the play there are numerous examples of irony and ambiguity. One has to ask why would Shakespeare use these literary devices in the play Hamlet? Irony in the context of tragedy enhances the dramatic effect. Ambiguity
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THE CAR SALESMAN It’s hot‚ Too damn hot to be in this cheep suit‚ he thinks to himself as he leans against the large glass window‚ pulling out another Marlboro Red. Its Saturday‚ a day that usually means a lot of potential buyers. But in Charleston‚ SC‚ in mid July‚ it just means the hottest day of the year. Adam puts the smoke between his lips and looks through the window inside the dealership at the brand new Camaro. Wishing he could afford one he thinks about the engagement ring hidden under
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Sarah Vander Loop January 8‚ 2012 English 2B The Titanic The R.M.S. Titanic by Hanson W. Baldwin is a story using irony to immensely interest the reader. The author uses both dramatic and situational irony. Dramatic irony is when the reader knows something important that the characters do not know. Situational irony is when what happens is the opposite of what is expected to happen or should have happened. “The Titanic was unsinkable…” was a thought that ran through many people’s heads as
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