Brown Professor Evermind English 1302 2 March 2012 The Irony in Trifles The play Trifles written by Susan Glaspell is set in the nineteenth century. A trifle is a thing of little value or importance‚ so in the play Trifles the irony of the story is quite humorous. In this time period women were not treated as equals‚ men believed women did not have as much intellect as themselves‚ and treated them accordingly. With this in mind the irony of the play revolves around how much better the women were
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The vile odour of disinfectant permeates the air around me. My heart is racing and my trembling‚ sweaty hands cling onto my mother’s like a sloth to its branch. Gradually‚ more doctors begin to crowd around me‚ resembling vultures hovering over their prey‚ preparing to strike. The clanging of metal instruments and beeps of various machines distract me momentarily. Looking over to my left‚ I see a stout‚ middle-aged man donned in a green surgical gown. He is wearing a big‚ red foam nose and a multi-coloured
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watched him approach. I’ve never seen him before. He looks so serious‚ what is h.. before I could finish my thoughts I felt his hand grabbing my neck. "Do you know what time is it‚ little lady? Have you seen any other female walking here at this time of night? You’re in my hood‚ little lady‚ I’d feel guilty if one of my "gorillas" do something bad to you." He took his hand off and sincerely apologized. I told him I don’t speak his language very well which made him even more angry. "Crazy idiot
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what they looked like. The sound of the door opening caused my eyes to snap in the direction of the door. The group of people who I encountered just a short time ago along with a female doctor "Sir‚ the students have arrived really!" A sharp pinching feeling in my arm was the last thing‚ I felt before my world where dark for the millionth time in my
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Through all of Poe’s struggles he has written many stories. Most in which are particularly morbid and full of irony. In Poe’s story The Cask of Amontillado‚ he uses three different types of irony to describe Montresor’s utter most vex towards his friend Fortunato. The types of irony Poe uses are verbal irony‚ situational irony‚ and dramatic irony. Poe uses verbal irony towards Fortunato throughout the short story. Towards the beginning of the story‚ Poe writes‚ “It must be understood
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give you any money because I am trying to teach you that you have to earn for what you want and not slack around.” I am just trying to motivate the man to do something to help himself and I don’t want to give away money that I could use on myself. The old man’s facial features twisted into tight knots‚ a scowl forming across his face‚ and his eyes were burning with red hate. Literally. I screeched as I first caught sight of the man’s glowing red eyes. “What is going on?! Are you crazy?! Rid yourself
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In "The Guest" Albert Camus uses irony to convey the existential theme of making what you believe to be the moral choice regardless of the consequences. This theme reflects Camus ’ existential philosophies‚ stressing free choice and responsibility for one ’s actions in addition to the inevitability of death. This philosophy plays a major role in the theme and structure of this story‚ and stresses the individual ’s unique position as a self determining agent responsible for the authenticity of his
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He would take the elevators up to the highest floor. Then he would find the nearest stairwell and walk all the way down‚ setting bombs in secretive areas as he went. By the time Evan had recited the whole thing plus little details like exactly where he would place the bombs‚ he was at the elevator. When he pushed the‚ the doors slid open almost too easily‚ he thought. Stop thinking like that! Evan solded himself. I can’t
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Mrs. Louise Mallard‚ the main character‚ in “The Story of an Hour‚” is told the news that her husband has been killed in a train accident. After the first couple of grief cries she begins to feel hope‚ relief‚ and freedom. It comes to her scenes that her marriage and relationship with her husband‚ Mr. Mallard‚ is brutal. Just before Louise live could not get any better all of her hopes and dreams were crashed as she sees the arrival of her husband is perfectly fine conditions. Mrs. Louise death was
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an ordinary day‚ I knew that from the start- but what I didn’t anticipate was that my whole week would have the same feeling. A flutter feeling that you get about something that you have already done before‚ feeling like it’s about to be the first time that you have done it. The ring of the phone was the first thing I heard that day‚ the ring that belonged to the call that started it all. ‘Hello‚’ I mumbled as I was still half a sleep. ‘Hello‚’ the person replied‚ there voice sounded gravely
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