Analysis on Irony Text: “The Nightingale and the Rose” by Oscar Wilde Situational Irony is very evident in “The Nightingale and the Rose”. The outcome of the story is far from what readers expect. First‚ the readers would assume that there is actually true love between the student and the Professor’s daughter and that the in the end of a story lies a happy ending for the two. From the introduction to almost the end of the story (except the last 6 paragraphs from 57-62)‚ the author tries
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of the relations between the two genders as very much sinister. To modern audiences more so than a contemporary audience who may have been more sympathetic to patriarchal values‚ the ominous feel of this is enriched by Shakespeare’s use of dramatic irony with ‘this maid’ as the audience knows that Claudio believes her not to be a maid‚ yet Leonato and Hero are unaware at this point what Claudio has been led to believe. Shakespeare’s use of the imperative‚ “There‚ Leonato‚ take her back again” conveys
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boy’s experience on the island reflects the defects in their character. Their action promotes the belief that man has primitive and savage instincts which reveals themselves under certain circumstance. Golding uses situational‚ dramatic and verbal ironies to highlight men’s essential struggle between civilized behaviour and the barbaric side within human nature. Throughout the story‚ Ralph strives to keep the fire burning‚ seeing it foremost to hunting. However‚ the fire does not rescue the boys
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LITERARY DEVICES Copyright © 2007 by Jay Braiman www.mrbraiman.com Literary devices refers to specific aspects of literature‚ in the sense of its universal function as an art form which expresses ideas through language‚ which we can recognize‚ identify‚ interpret and/or analyze. Literary devices collectively comprise the art form’s components; the means by which authors create meaning through language‚ and by which readers gain understanding of and appreciation for their works. They also provide
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freedom‚ fearing violence will erupt. Instead she gives her daughter permission to sing in the choir at their church. Dudley Randall’s “Ballad of Birmingham”‚ written in 1969 uses tone‚ irony‚ and imagery to describe the events of the mother’s decisions‚ as well as her concern for her child’s wellbeing. The irony in this poem was shown when the church was the warzone and the freedom march was the safer place to be. It also seems ironic that the child is acting like the adult in this situation; you
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I will scrub the world clean for the love of Him!” (141). In this quote Abigail ironically declares she was given power by God to kill anyone for His love and believes she is doing God’s work even though she is prosecuting innocent lives. The same irony is shown many times in the court as well. It was said multiple times the court’s goal was to find the truth and to bring justice. Furthermore‚ the court of Salem is also representative of God’s laws and values‚ but its members are not. Their interests
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Backfire There are three types of irony. Verbal‚ situational‚ and dramatic irony. The two types of irony used in Langston Hughes’ first person narrative “Salvation” is verbal and situational irony. Verbal irony is the use of words to mean something different from what a person actually says. Situational irony occurs when the exact opposite of what is meant to happen‚ happens. Theses two types irony are introduced by Hughes’ Auntie Reed who begins to take Hughes to church for several weeks‚ and
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instead of “ugly” becomes politically correct. In fact‚ Horatian Satire shows up throughout the video‚ which proves that the producer would like to criticize political correctness in a gentle‚ humorous way. Through the use of hyperbole and situational irony‚ the producer of Satire: PC wants to decline or eliminate the situation of political correctness in the contemporary community due to the
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Midterm Notes These are the study notes‚ a mishmash of discussion postings from this and previous classes‚ together with my own thoughts. Note that I jump around a good bit as things pop into my head‚ and there is bound to be some repetition (but that’s a good thing‚ right?). I’ve tried to emphasize important points and to clear up a few misconceptions. I hope you find them helpful. To begin with‚ you should refresh your understanding of the elements of fiction (especially the kinds of characters)
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Literary Devices Allegory A form of extended metaphor‚ in which objects‚ persons‚ and actions in a narrative‚ are equated with the meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. The underlying meaning has moral‚ social‚ religious‚ or political significance and characters are often personifications of abstract ideas as charity‚ greed‚ or envy. Thus an allegory is a story with two meanings‚ a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning. Alliteration The repetition of the same sound at the beginning
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