Final Paper A0981150 李昀蓉 Compare Twelfth Night with The Rivals‚ both of them are comedies evolving around several couples. The two plays contain the device of disguise and mistaken identity. In Twelfth Night‚ Viola disguises herself as Cesario‚ which attracts Orsino and Olivia; while in The Rivals‚ Jack Absolute disguises himself as Ensign Beverley‚ who fascinates Lydia. Speaking of similarities‚ both the disguises lead to the characters’ affairs‚ and they are proved to be true love at
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Fate is full of irony‚ what you dish out will come back to you. This slogan has never rung truer than in the ironic tale of the Cask Of Amontillado. Presumably taking place in the Italian countryside this story follows the protagonist‚ Montresor‚ in his quest to reap revenge on the antagonist‚ Fortunato‚ for an insult in the past. Ultimately culminating in Fortunato being buried alive this story is a textbook example of revenge. Edgar Allen Poe’s dark tale revolves around themes of betrayal‚ pride
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the “Cask of Amontillado‚” Edgar Allen Poe uses irony in setting to foreshadow the downfall of Fortunato. Poe uses the term cask in the title‚ but little do the readers know cask has a completely different meaning. Throughout the story‚ verbal irony is shown when Montresor uses different words and phrases that have other implications. Even Fortunato’s name and attire foreshadowed his untimely death. Looking at the title of this story Poe’s irony starts from the beginning. The word Cask is the
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Poet’s Page Poems Comments Stats Arthur Nortje : Letter from Pretoria Central Prison The bell wakes me at 6 in the pale spring dawn with the familiar rumble of the guts negotiating murky corridors that smell of bodies. My eyes find salutary the insurgent light of distances. Waterdrops rain crystal cold‚ my wet face in ascent from an iron basin greets its rifled shadow in the doorway. They walk us to the workshop. I am eminent‚ the blacksmith of the block: these active hours
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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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Voices of Dramatic Monologues - A Poetry Comparison Nearly all of Rita Dove’s poetry deals with aspects of history. Shakespeare‚ Boccaccio‚ and Dove’s grandparents are topics of her poetry. Dove puts a light on the small truths of life that have more meaning than the actual historical facts. In a time when African-American poetry has been criticized for too much introspection‚ Rita Dove has taken an approach to emotion and the person as human. Dove’s poetry is not about being black‚ but
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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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One could often hear politicians to be regarded as charismatic or charming. However‚ seldom‚ if ever‚ does one associate these adjectives with a political system. The lack of connection between the two words did not stop a great philosopher‚ Plato‚ to describe democracy exactly with one of these terms: “Democracy … is a charming form of government‚ full of variety and disorder; and dispersing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike” (Plato 214). The underlining message of the quoted sentence
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STRATEGIES TO FIGHT LOW COST RIVALS In this new era‚ which global industry is growing very fast‚ it makes most company everywhere in the world trap on war of price. Most companies should invest a lot of money‚ people‚ and time to fight they rivals .Last but not Least‚ each company has to grow with a right strategy. The steps to get the best strategy on the Price War situation is strategy development and implementation : A. Critical Success Factors : 1. Environmental Analysis - identify
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In the short story‚ "The Things They Carried”‚ Tim O’Brien writes about the soldiers of Vietnam and the burdens they had to carry with them. In this story‚ O’Brien uses symbolism‚ irony and the theme of burden and guilt to portray how the war has affected the men and the ways they cope. O’Brien’s usage of these literary devices serves as a remembrance of what the soldiers have left behind and a false sense of security about the violence and death that surrounds them. We are able to see the way each
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