Irony is the general name given to literary techniques that involve surprising‚ interesting‚or amusing contradictions. 1 Two stories that serve as excellent demonstrations of irony are "The Pardoners Tale" and "The Nun’s Priest’s Tale‚" both from Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales. Although these two stories are very different‚ they both use irony to teach a lesson. Of the stories‚ "The Pardoners Tale" displays the most irony. First and foremost‚ the entire telling of the story is ironic‚ considering
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July 28 1601 Today‚ Antonio and Bassanio borrowed money from me‚ three thousand ducats. The merchant Antonio is so certain that his ships will come back. It’s like nothing will come on his ships way‚ ships are just boards and sailors are just men. Anything could come on his ships way like thieves‚ storms‚ winds and rocks. After a long debate with myself I decided that I’ll lend them money. The merchant‚ Antonio and I decided to make a bond just for fun. He thinks proud and high
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You have asked the following questions: “The concealed space sprinklers per 8.15.1.6 indicates that concealed spaces less than 3 ft shall be protected using listed sprinklers. We have an open wood truss construction that is tapered with the above portion being 5 ft and the lower being 2 ft. Concealed space sprinklers have specific requirements one of which is they are not listed in spaces greater than 3 ft. Q1) Should truss spaces be protected by standard spray sprinklers throughout? Q2) Should
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The Dead by James Joyce presents the peculiar character of Gabriel as the main character of the essay. Gabriel is an individual who is in his last stages of life and expects death at any minute. He no longer feels the same about living‚ and it is shown through imagery‚ the motif of time‚ and point of view. The visual images presented by Joyce enable the reader to characterize Gabriel as detached and apathetic. For instance‚ the scene displayed on “one boot stood [standing] upright‚ its limp upper
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white rump tuft (Rowe 1996; de Waal 1997)‚ which they tend to keep as an adult. Bonobo’s face is distinguished from chimpanzees by their lips which are reddish pink and they have black faces with wide nostrils and smallish ears. Their faces are flatter and open with a higher forehead. Their body built is upright featuring long legs and small head atop narrow shoulders. Their body hair is long and fine. They have black hands and
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play’s action. Cordelia’s banishment is suggestive of the abandonment of reason in Lear and his impending madness. The irony of King Lear is that the two daughters he rewards for flattering him betray him entirely while the daughter who refused to flatter him and to whom he gives nothing‚ is the one who truly loves him and remains faithful to him and comes to his aid. Her character’s role throughout the play is to be the peacemaker and the angel archetype. Cordelia is a stabilizing
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something that shouldn’t be argued and discussed in the first place! So many individuals try to use the excuse of if they’re gay and they like me‚ they might try something and I’m not comfortable with that. First off‚ gay people have a type too‚ don’t flatter yourself. If you happen to be that type he/she is interested in‚ what’s the difference between someone of the same sex who you don’t have feelings for approaching you and someone of the opposite sex who you don’t have feelings for approach you? Oh
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the two different habitats? -The leaves growing on the lawn have a smaller standard deviation than the ones growing on the wasteland. The graph of the lawn dandelions would have a tall and narrow variation curve while the other one would have a flatter and wider curve. Also the error bars on the dandelions growing on the wasteland would be bigger in length than the ones on the lawn. 8 Salmon live and reproduce in two rivers in Norway – the Namsen and Gaula rivers. Data were collected on the number
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1 Expository Essay: Body Image Jennifer Zazueta Com/150 February 9‚ 2011 Holly McCusker Expository Essay: Body Image 2 Most women could agree that it can be rather frustrating and sometimes difficult to find the perfect clothes for that perfect fit. Oftentimes many women may feel they look fat in their skin tight jeans‚ or do not have nice‚ shapely legs to wear those cute short shorts during the summer months
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1) The “network strategy” is CEO Tom Curly’s vision to integrate USA Today’s three main business units or media channels: Newspaper‚ Online and TV. The Online unit currently operates independently with their own sources of news content‚ editing‚ production and distribution. Tom Curly believes that by integrating the three channels they can better leverage the USAT brand as well as its news gathering‚ editing and distributing capabilities across the multiple channels. The success of this strategy
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