and Mr. Jones is based on Tsar Nicholas II. Animal Farm starts out with a situational irony when the animals are very unhappy with the humans and decide to take over the farm and run it themselves. The two pigs Napoleon and Snowball assume the roles of leadership but do not get along very well. This is a situational irony because it is unexpected and ironic for animals to be running a farm. There is also some dramatic irony because the reader knows that the animals are plotting against Farmer Jones
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filled with irony‚ which floods nearly every chapter in the text. The book introduces Job‚ a purely good human being who is often regarded by God as a “blameless and upright man” (Job 1.8). As the book unfolds‚ God and Satan make a bet to determine whether Job will remain loyal to God when catastrophes unfold. Irony manifests itself as dramatic and situational irony throughout the entire text. Dramatic irony plays a fundamental role throughout the Book of Job. Dramatic irony is the irony that occurs
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Verbal‚ situational and dramatic‚ three types of irony‚ are commonly used by authors in their literary works to grab the attention of the readers. Verbal irony refers to when a character says something contradictory to what he means‚ situational irony is when the audience believes something will happen but a different scenario occurs‚ and dramatic irony is when the audience knows what is happening but the characters do not. In the short story “The Mark of the Beast‚” the author‚ Rudyard Kipling‚
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Verbal and Situational Irony in “The Simpsons” “The Simpsons” is the longest animated series with twenty-two seasons which has the main characters consisting of Homer‚ Marge‚ Lisa‚ Bart‚ and Maggie Simpson. The show satirizes American culture‚ society‚ television and many aspects of the human condition. Not only does “The Simpsons” have a lot of fans in America‚ but the show is watched around the globe. The Simpsons has kept their population viewing for over twenty years. For this reason
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becoming Thane of Cawdor. One of the literary resources that Shakespeare constantly uses is irony. In this case‚ he uses dramatic irony‚ in which the audience is aware of a situation that the other characters are not familiar with. In this specific circumstance‚ he uses the irony to build up the character of Macbeth‚ to let the audience judge him themselves. There are various examples in which the dramatic irony is explicit. The King has high expectations of the deeds that Macbeth is going to fulfill
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Johnny Nguyen Period 5 5/5/11 The Scarlet Letter Irony Essay What if irony didn’t exist? If it didn’t‚ even at a minimal level‚ The Scarlet Letter wouldn’t be able to function in its complete and published form. Its frame and substructure of distinctly morose themes scrutinizing sin‚ knowledge‚ and the human condition would not exist without irony blistering beneath the surface. The symbolism and evocativeness of character names‚ for instance‚ the words “chill” and “worthless” can be derived
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indicates the care with which he has planned Fortunato’s death. Both of the men want the same thing. Edgar Poe has a strong way of reproducing great literary elements in the story; the theme of revenge is explained with the use of irony. One irony used in this story is dramatic irony‚ which is when the readers understand it and the characters does not. “You are a man to be missed. For me it is no matter. We will go back; you will be ill‚ and I cannot be responsible. Besides‚ there is Luchesi-” “Enough‚”
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hopeless in trying to protect herself. As shown in the book the main protagonist tells her story in a diary. In the Color Purple many ironic devices are used to show the true meaning of the book.The ironic that the author used are situational irony and symbolism. The situational irony plays a big part in the book because it displayed many use of those devices noticed a lot of it used. For example when Mr.__ and Celie go visit shug they both fall in love with her even though she doesn’t want nothing to do
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sound imagery‚ irony‚ and repeated elements‚ which he uses to create an emotional effect for his readers. In Edgar Allan Poe’s story “The Cask of Amontillado” he uses sound imagery to describe Fortunato’s sickness. The quote from “The Cask of Amontillado” to describe Fortunato’s sickness is “Enough‚ ‘he said; ‘the cough is a mere nothing; it will not kill me. I shall not die from a cough.” For this sound imagery you should feel horror
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earning wealth. Swift inserts his use of situational irony‚ metonymy‚ logos‚ and allusion to mock the lack of interest the British government has in reconstructing Ireland. Swift begins his writing with situational irony‚ as he describes his town as great. He discusses the many negatives within‚ as well as the “eye sore” that is seen upon entering‚ “It is a melancholy object to those‚ who walk through this great town”. The use of great town relates to irony‚ as the town is anything but great with
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