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    Discuss the “The Three Day Blow” as a dramatic story. “The Three Day Blow” is a dramatic story. Though it’s a story‚ we find certain elements of a drama. The story itself is not so grand. It’s simply a story of two friends – Nick and Bill. Once‚ in a blow‚ Nick came to Bill’s house to meet him. Bill’s father was not there. He was all alone in the house. So‚ he became very glad to find Nick with him. The two friends started to drink. While drinking‚ they started to chat over different topics

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    Good Man” by Richard Wright is my favorite story that I have read in English 131 this semester because of its conflicts‚ characters‚ and both its verbal and dramatic irony. To start‚ I believe that the time period in which Richard Wright wrote “Big Black Good Man” racial intolerance was an utmost factor in that time‚ and during this time size and color was daunting because hate was so durable. With that being said‚ conflict plays a major role in the story. A main character‚ Olaf makes all types

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    end‚ Romeo and Juliet take their lives because their love was destroyed by their families hatred towards each other. In this story‚ Shakespeare uses a proliferate amount of irony to show that love is a strong bond that can bring peace and defeat enemy feuding. Shakespeare’s play is full of irony: dramatic‚ situational‚ and verbal. For example‚ he demonstrates dramatic irony by foreshadowing how the messenger never got the message to Romeo. Romeo freaked out and went to his true loving thinking she

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    In Othello‚ the play takes place in two different location. The beginning of the play is set around Shakespeare time in Venice. Venice was a prosperous Italian city that was centered in the middle of many trading networks. The second half of the play is set in Cyprus‚ which is an island controlled by Venice. On this island is where things start to fall apart to all the characters. Everyone goes from a very structured society to a very violent and chaotic situation.

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    “A lot of parents will do anything for their kids except let them be themselves”(banksy)In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet he uses dramatic irony to toy with the audiences emotions or to make them cringe only to wonder why a character reacted to something the way they did. Dramatic irony is a literary technique‚ by which the full significance of a character’s words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character. --- In the beginning of the play the narrator says

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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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    Juliet‚ William Shakespeare uses oxymoron and irony to show what the emotion of love can do and that rivalries can be broken by love. In the beginning of the novel‚ Romeo and Juliet fall in love‚ unknowing of their families feud. Being a Montague‚ Romeo could never fall in love with a Capulet. Thus‚ it was frowned upon by both families. In Act 1‚ Scene 5‚ Shakespeare uses dramatic irony to show that Juliet is in love with her enemy. It is dramatic irony because the readers know something the characters

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    Irony moving the story forward To keep a reader intrigued and interested in what you are writing is a secret. That secret to success is not much of a secret at all‚ its all about keeping the story consistent and flowing naturally with transitions. You don’t want a long boring ol story making your audience sleep‚ a humours‚ suspenseful‚ full of ironic scenes would be sure to keep a reader on there feet wanting to see what will happen next. Authors use a box full of tools which contain literally

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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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    Romeo’s use of dramatic irony in Act III‚ Scene I develops conflict and builds Romeo’s character. When Tybalt seeks out Romeo in order to quarrel with him‚ Romeo is unwilling to fight the man who has recently become his relative‚ even though Tybalt is unaware of this relationship. Romeo apprises Tybalt that he loves him “better than [he] canst devise”‚ and says he cherishes the Capulet name‚ but also acknowledges that Tybalt does not know the reason for this love (3.1.64). Tybalt assumes that Romeo

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