Dillard uses irony here as she writes the lunch scene describing the delicious meal – literally feeding off the suffering of the animal that died the day before. Dillard thinks that suffering is part of life and we should accept it with an understanding that death and
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contempt for marketing techniques by using irony‚ diction‚ and hyperboles. The use of irony is evident in this mock press release. The author uses this irony to point out logical flaws sometimes seen in advertisements. For instance‚ a woman claims that “after wearing MagnaSoles for seven weeks‚ [she’s] noticed a significant decrease in pain” (lines 59-60). Customer testimonials are often used as an advertising technique. However‚ this particular one is showing irony because the injury of a sprained ankle
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Araby‚ like the other stories in Dubliner‚ ‘ has both penetrating realism and a symbolic function ‘ ‚ as Michael Thorpe has rightly observed is his brief Introduction to Joyce in Modern Prose . Graphic and authentic picture of life in the city of Dublin in the days of the author’s childhood and early youth constitutes the solid basis of reality on which the story grows and flourishes. This reality is squalid‚ vulgar‚ meaningless petty and unpleasantly paralytic. The Narration begins with a detailed
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Leo Tolstoy Literary Analysis: Irony A parable often contains irony‚ because the lesson of the story may be obvious to readers but not to the main character—at least until it’s too late. Irony refers to literary techniques used by a writer to portray differences between appearance and reality‚ expectation and result‚ or meaning and intention. In dramatic irony‚ there is a contradiction between what a character thinks and what the reader knows to be true. In irony of situation‚ an event occurs that
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marriage for his own selfish reasons. As well as being selfish‚ Birling is rather overconfident in his opinions. His mistaken view of the “unsinkable Titanic” is an example of dramatic irony. This is ironic as the Titanic actually sank but only the audience is aware of this. Another example of the use of dramatic irony is when Birling says “The Germans don’t want war. Nobody wants war….. I say there isn’t a chance of war” This is also ironic as two years after this play was set‚ WWI began‚ followed
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discussion is the humor and irony that is used in the play The Importance of Being Earnest written by Oscar Wilde. In the play the comedy and dramatic irony used made the plot and material engaging. By giving a description of comedy and dramatic irony‚ it is hopeful that you can see and understand why I felt his writing provided the characteristics of both in my analysis. The puns and paradox that were used created the comedic aspect within the play and the dramatic irony which was shown in many parts
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stories. He believed in portraying Ireland as it really was. The story of Araby is a portrayal of ‘first love’ and tells of a boy’s powerful infatuation with a young girl whom he encounters. Joyce begins the story by creating a sense of a life and world that is both gloomy and trapped. The houses are described
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AP Rhetorical Devices List Anecdote Perspective Aphorism A brief story or tale told by a character in a piece of literature A character’s view of the situation or events in the story A concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief. The writings of Benjamin Franklin contain many aphorisms‚ such as "Early to bed and early to rise/Make a man healthy‚ wealthy‚ and wise." Contradiction A direct opposition between things compared; inconsistency Apostrophe
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ARABY-POSTCOLONIAL INTERPRETATION In the short story of Araby‚ James Joyce attemps to expose many ideas and themes that places the setting of Araby in a postcolonial era. The narator describes the setting of "NORTH RICHMOND STREET AS A BLIND‚ QUIET STREET‚ HAVING HOUSES WITH INPERTURBABLE FACES‚" This dull and dark description of the enviroment goes on throughout the story connecting this sombre setting Dublin with the mondane activities of the people. eg. (people doing their jobs‚ going
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T. S. Eliot uses irony and symbolism to capture the reader’s attention in The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. The poem has a dramatic discourse. The percipience of life’s emptiness is the main theme of the poem. Eliot exhorts the spiritual decomposition by exploring a type of life in death. T. S. Eliot‚ who in the Clark Lectures notes‚ "Real Irony is an expression of suffering"(Lobb‚ 53)‚ uses irony and symbolism throughout the poem to exemplify the suffering of J. Alfred Prufrock who believes
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