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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Humour is a phenomenon which is influenced by culture. It can be difficult to determine what aspects define a certain sense of humour. A nation’s wit is linked to the historical development of the country. How funny somebody finds a certain incident depends on many factors including age‚ personal experience‚ level of education and geographical location. Therefore humour is something which is not always transferrable in another country. What somebody from one area may find hilarious may not be amusing
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The Shoe Horn Sonata By John Misto The scene from The Shoe Horn Sonata I chose was act 1‚ scene 1. The Play begins on a dark silent set‚ which evokes in the audience the darkness and pain of the characters memories as well as suggesting their stores have been hidden for too long. Out of the darkness with come truth. The play in scene 1 begins with an army nurse that is being interviewed for a documentary program about her experiences as a prisoner of the Japanese. Misto cleverly
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2011 ATESOL Trial HSC English (ESL) Exam Marking Guidelines Listening Paper Question 1 (1 mark) Outcome assessed: H5 What is the purpose of this radio show? Criteria Marks To entertain To relax listeners at the end of the working week 1 Inappropriate answers: To inform To persuade Question 2 (2 marks) Outcomes assessed: H1‚ H5‚ H7 Explain how ONE feature of the introduction engages the listeners. Criteria Marks Correctly identifies ONE relevant feature of the introduction
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Explore how satire effects the readers attitude toward the content of Alexander Pope’s‚ ‘Rape of the lock’‚ Jonathan Swift’s ‘Gulliver’s travels’ and George Orwell’s ‘1984’. Satire is defined as a literary genre or form used to ridicule‚ tease‚ torment and ‘poke fun at’‚ satire can employ irony and burlesque as methods of playfully making fun of a subject while at the same time making an extremely valid and thought provoking point which excites and stimulates the reader with its intellectual wit
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From the man who brought you Ali G‚ Borat‚ Bruno‚ and the Dictator; Sasha Baron Cohen brings you Nobby. Grimsby is a balls out - quite literally‚ elephant ‘bukka’ party- a scene in the movie which is worth the admission alone- kind of comedy. Nobby Butcher is an avid English football supporter who lives in the fishing town of Grimsby with his ‘well fit bird’ Dawn (Rebel Wilson‚ Pitch perfect) and their nine children. However there has always been a 28 year void in Nobby’s life and that void is
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John Betjeman and William Shakespeare: A Study of Satire and Metaphor Generally there are several elements of poetry‚ for example‚ metaphor‚ persona‚ satire‚ and also language and form. However‚ in this essay‚ I’m going to focus more on the satirical and metaphorical aspect although‚ in a sense‚ the element of satire and persona share quiet a similar essence in which both showed the poet’s detachment with the persona in his poem. According to Encyclopaedia Britannica (2014)‚ satire is defined as
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RE: Young Leaders for Camp Elim’s Disadvantaged Kids Camp. Hi‚ My name is David Hayes and I am the Manager at Camp Elim at Forster. Camp Elim is owned and operated by the churches of the Mid North Coast Baptist Association and I am looking for personable‚ mature‚ youngish (16 plus) Christians with lots of energy and a sense of humour. Their mission (should they accept it) is to assist in running a camp for 1113 year olds who come from disadvantaged backgrounds or who are children at risk. These kids
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I think that humour really is the best medicine. If someone is really upset or really angry a joke could cheer him or her right up. Also laughter could really release someone’s stress‚ and if people were a lot less stressful then the world would be a much better place. Although humour usually cheers people up it also has caused many problems. There is a lot of sick humour out there like sexist and racial jokes. Many people in our world make many racial jokes and that causes people to get very
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It is possible to address a large group of people about a problem in the society? People like to think so‚ and they try through a process called a satire. A satire is a way to point out a problem of society through a form of writing. It is meant to promote change. Examining a story’s theme is a way of revealing what is being satirized. A lot of satires can be very comical‚ while others are dark and serious. Flannery O’Connor’s short story‚ “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” is one of those deeper‚ dark
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