One symbol that stood out to me is the Labyrinth described in the movie. The labyrinth is a symbol of Ofelia’s confusing and dangerous path to reuniting with her dead father in the other realm. An example of irony in the film would be how dark the story is. The plot focuses on fairy tales which are
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authors fail to do. Unlike the general crowd‚ Sophocles uses positive personality traits to bring conflict to his characters. He breaks normal organization of works and pushes the use of character flaws out of view. With this‚ persuading irony is formed—an irony which immortalizes the play just as a proper burial would immortalize Polyneices. Standard positive traits result in Creon and Antigone’s disgraces. Creon is a determined captain of a severely injured ship. He is aware of the torn masts
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In dramatic irony‚ the audience is more aware of the character’s situation than the character himself. It involves a naive hero whose understanding of his surroundings is opposed to what is truly happening to him or her. What makes this ironic is that the author is creating a deluded main character in order to make the audience more aware of his reality. In both Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex and Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis this method is used in order to create an ironic world for their hero‚ where neither
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The use of irony in Huckleberry Finn Throughout the entire book‚ The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn‚ Mark Twain used irony to expose the dark and absurd society during that time. The contrasts between the gorgeous appearances and decayed nature present readers the benighted and selfish qualities of human. Also‚ the ironical descriptions about Romanticism show readers the unrealistic and impractical society. Lastly‚ people’s daily dialogue reflects black people’s menial positions. Mark Twain tried
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2 March 2014 Irony in Kate Chopin’s "The Storm" and "Désirée’s Baby" Kate Chopin’s stories characteristically end or contain an ironic twist. Chopin uses irony to create excitement and suspense and to also provide a deeper meaning to her story. Irony can create different parallels to a story that would otherwise be one dimensional. Kate Chopin uses irony in "The Storm" and "Désirée’s Baby" effectively creating beautiful and complex stories. "The Storm" contains both dramatic and situational
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the Canterbury Tales A satire is the use of humor‚ irony‚ exaggeration‚ or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices‚ particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. Satires are used in the piece of writing named “The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.” In the story‚ Chaucer‚ the narrator uses satirical speech to describe a few characters. These characters are: The Prioress (the nun)‚ The Monk‚ The Summoner‚ The Pardoner and The Friar.
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much power in the hands of one individual can lead to inequality and unfair advantages. In the story it was said all animals should be treated equally‚ but as the story progressed all the animals began to be treated unequally. In the story Orwell uses the literary device irony‚ dramatic irony. Orwell was showing us the hypocrisy coming from the pigs before the animal were able to see. the animals told each other “Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk‚ he does not lay eggs‚ he is too
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Irony in Antigone: King Creon In the tragedy Antigone‚ Sophocles pens a tale about a stalwart and distrustful king‚ Creon‚ and his misuse of the power he possesses. In the play he disregards the law of the gods to fit his whims‚ something that the heroine of the play‚ Antigone‚ wholeheartedly disagrees with; she disobeys his order to leave her dead brother‚ Polynices‚ unburied and sentences herself to death in the process. Antigone is engaged to Creon’s son‚ Haemon‚ who does not agree with his father’s
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Irony as a device and its political potential “Is there any way to get hold of any corner of this large slippery subject (irony) with precision enough to allow two readers to agree and to know how they have agreed?”7 Irony is not an easy term to define within specific limits. The fact that the notion of irony has been extensively discussed and used in several fields in various ways is not accidental. Irony is used‚ inter alia‚ in various forms of art such as literature‚ performance art‚ theater‚
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Discuss the dramatic techniques in Death of a Salesman. From a technical point of view‚ Miller was welcomed by those involved in the practical craft of theatre. In his plays‚ we find challenge and convention‚ boldness and caution‚ daring technical experiment and poetic dialogues. In Death of a Salesman ‚ his new dramatic techniques- unrealistic setting‚ music‚ lighting‚ etc.-all generated a sense of mutation of old forms and conventions. Death of a Salesman concentrates on Willy Loman‚ an exhausted
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