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    Animal Farm Irony

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    Animal Farm is a classic portrayal of how power can effect the goals and hopes of a society. In this essay‚ I will explore the irony of Animal Farm‚ and how it used to satirize communism and dictatorships. The story begins with a revolution‚ and high hopes for the society being developed by the animals. But slowly‚ as the leading officials get a taste of power‚ things begin to change. The Commandments‚ a code by which all animals on Animal Farm live by‚ is secretly altered when the pigs (leading

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    Bronwen Wallace’s poem‚ "Common Magic‚" and Rabindranath Tagore’s poem‚ "An Ordinary Person‚" reveal how ordinary people and events can be special and extraordinary. Additionally‚ both poems concern specific people to prove that within everyone’s live there can be elements of magic and mystery. In Wallace’s poem people are transform through a variety of human experiences‚ where in Tagore’s poem one seemingly ordinary person is changed through poetry. In both poems authors’ ideas are expressed through

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    Dramatic Irony on Macbeth

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    Dramatic Irony in Macbeth Introduction: William Shakespeare effectively uses dramatic irony to intrigue the reader and deepen the impact of the consequences Macbeth ultimately faces. Dramatic Irony Definition: Dramatic Irony is a literary term that defines a situation in the play where the reader knows more than the character does. Thesis: Throughout the play Macbeth‚ the reader is given the advantage of knowing more things than the characters in the play through the literary device‚ dramatic

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    Terrance McKinney April 06‚ 2011 The Irony of “Bullet in the Brain” Throughout the story of “Bullet in the Brain”‚ Tobias Wolff depicts a book critic “Anders”‚ as a pompous‚ intellectual whose intellect serves as his cause of death. The irony in “Bullet in the Brain” is that the self proclaimed genius too smart (or too dumb) to stay quiet which costs him his life. Throughout the story Anders seems to enjoy criticizing and disliking others‚ he doesn’t know when he should shut up‚ and finally when

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    Interpretation of poems Dulce et decorum est are the first words of a Latin saying taken from an ode by Horace). The words were widely understood and often quoted at the start of the First World War. They mean "It is sweet and right." The full saying ends the poem: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori - it is sweet and right to die for your country. In other words‚ it is a wonderful and great honour to fight and die for your country. The opening of the poem suggests Owen pities the state to

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    Irony in Oedipus Rex

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    Throughout “Oedipus Rex”‚ Sophacles constantly fills the play with irony of all kinds‚ whether it is dramatic‚ situational‚ or verbal. He almost seems to enjoy exploiting Oedipus’ ignorance of the murder he committed and the prophecy he fulfilled‚ especially in the beginning of the play before he begins to realize the truth in his actions. This play is a great example of the usage of irony to create an entertaining plot. Dramatic irony is mostly seen at the beginning of the play as the plot is being

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    tradition is called ‘the lottery’ where the ‘winner’ will be stoned to death. Actually it is a horrible tradition‚ but in the story it is considered usual‚ and even acceptable in the society. There are several irony that we can see in the story according to that ‘scapegoat’ tradition. One of the irony is the atmosphere in the town when the lottery is held. The author describes the situation that is “…clear and sunny‚ with the fresh warmth of a full summer day‚ the flowers were blossoming profusely and

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    in a simple hut. I wonder where I will die‚since I am neither white nor a black man? Question 1 What different denotations does the title have? What connotations are linked to each of them? The title of the poem contains several meanings‚ all of which underscore the main theme. This poem relates to the speaker’s inner turmoil because if his mixed racial ancestry.First of all‚“crossˮcan mean“angry.ˮThe speaker was angry‚ or “cross‚”with his father and mother for their passing on to him an amalgam

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    Irony in Canterbury Tales

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    Irony is a form of speech in which the real meaning is concealed or contradicted by the words used. There are three tales that are fantastic demonstrations of irony. “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”‚ “The Pardoner’s Tale”‚ and “The Nun Priest’s Tale” are the three. While each one is different‚ each uses irony to teach its characters a lesson. “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” does not have as much irony in it as the other two tales do. The most major ironical difference is that of the nature of the knight’s

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    Dramatic Irony in Macbeth

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    Q: Irony is a device used by playwrights to convey meanings by words whose literal meanings is the opposite. Bring to light the various incidents of irony in the play Macbeth.   A: There are two main types of irony employed by Shakespeare in Macbeth.   1. Dramatic Irony: It is the device of giving the spectator an item of information that at least one of the characters in the narrative is unaware of (at least consciously)‚ thus placing the spectator a step ahead of at least one of the characters

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