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    death‚ but due to his philosophical nature‚ he begins to overthink things and makes things go awry. Due to Hamlet being a play‚ the audience or reader possesses information that the majority of characters are not aware of‚ which is known as dramatic irony. Therefore‚ the audience can notice the minor‚ or even major‚ discrepancies or missed opportunities by the characters portrayed in the “madness” of Hamlet‚ the missed opportunity of killing King Claudius‚ and the untimely death of Ophelia. As the

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    Colossians 1:16 "For by Him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth‚ visible and invisible‚ whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by God and for God." REGISTRATION PROCEDURE (For New Student) Submitted by admin on Sun‚ 01/08/2012 - 20:37 Requirements to be submitted in the Office of the Registrar: (Enrollees with incomplete requirements will not be encoded)   1. Original High School card (Form 138) ( For Transferee: Original Transcript

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    My Major I have chosen pre-Dentistry. I hope to become an Oral and Maxillofacial surgeon. This is one of the more competitive fields that there are in dentistry today. With this I hope to take join my dad in his practice. There are many classes and degrees that a person must complete before he can become an Oral Surgeon. I think that this would be a challenge. School will be tough‚ but in the end the rewards are endless. After college an Oral Surgeon must attend dental school‚ then they

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    Open Window” the author uses all three types of irony. The writer uses the following types of irony in their story: dramatic‚situational‚ and verbal. Dramatic irony is when the reader knows something more than a character in the story. Situational irony is when the opposite of what you were expecting to happen‚ happens. Verbal irony is the use of sarcasm. The writer uses all type of irony in the story. The author has great use of situational irony in the story. In paragraphs 22-24 the husband and

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    What is irony? Irony is the mismatch between the actual results versus the expected results. In literature‚ irony is a device that causes surprise and amusement for the audience also a helper to the author to make their writing more fluid. Types of irony in stories are dramatic‚ situational and verbal. In the short stories “The Censors” by Luisa Valenzuela‚ “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant and “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl‚ there is situational and dramatic irony. The ironies affect the

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    taking their customs by force rather than the Erinyes choosing to give up what they hold dear. Refrain I of Aeschylus’ Eumenides begins with the Chorus exclaiming “IOU! IOU! You young gods—you / have trampled down the age-old laws‚ / ripped them out of my hands!” (Eumenides‚ 903 - 905). First‚ the Chorus cries out “IOU! IOU!”. Although this brief

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    could tell as he looked at me with a pained expression. I no longer wanted him to see me cry so I wiped my tears and went back into the room. Chris left to go meet his mom in the car since he should have left ten minutes ago. About twenty minutes later‚ all the cleaning was finished and I was making plans with some of the leaders to go out to Applebee’s for dinner before heading home. Right then‚ my friend Zach‚ also a member of the youth group‚ came rushing in and ran right to me. “We have to go right

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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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    Chaucer uses large amounts of situational irony in his classic short story‚ The Pardoner’s Tale. We see this in the way he manipulates the actions of the characters so that the results of their efforts in the story are the opposite of their intentions. The three knaves‚ for example‚ began with the hope of accomplishing something heroic. Upon seeing an old comrade slain by death‚ they leapt into action. (Chaucer 68-69) Without a second thought they took up a quest to seek retribution for their fallen

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    English 102 Professor: Jeff Ousborne 04/05/2013 The Power of Irony on “The Death of a Salesman” Authors use irony in literature in order to give double meanings and make it more interesting to the reader. In the play “ The Death of a Salesman” Arthur Miller uses irony as a strong writing technique in order to express the character’s behavior. In “The Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller moments of situational and dramatic irony helps to illustrate the story’s theme in which Willy is a man

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