This short story materializes initially through an introduction describing an occurrence in a classic English pub of a young fellow who decided to drop his cigarette-end into a waste-paper basket‚ despite the affluence of available ashtrays around. However‚ it soon becomes apparent that this happening serves only as a prologue and a link to the real story that is to follow. One of the clients‚ Mr. Mulliner takes the opportunity to tell the other individuals present‚ some only known to the reader
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In the yellow wallpaper‚ the narrator is the character that the readers feel sad for the most. The narrator is a young wife and mother whose physician husband‚ john claims that she is suffering from depression. He takes her to a rest cure treatment and locks her in a nursery with ’rings and things in the walls’ to ensure a good rest for her. Yet‚ she loses her sanity under the circumstances of John’s excess suppression and the distracting yellow wallpaper in the room. John completely holds the authority
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�The Lumber room� is the text for analysis‚ which represents an ironical story written by a well-known British novelist and short story writer Hector Munro. Hector Hugh Munro is best known in a literature word under a pseudonym Saki. He is acclaimed for his witty‚ sometimes whimsical‚ often cynical and bizarre short stories; they are collected in Reginald (1904)‚ The Chronicles of Clovis (1911)‚ Beasts and Super-Beasts (1914)‚ and other volumes. Included among his other works are two novels‚ The
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Irony in "The Story of the Hour" Summary: Dark irony plays a major role in "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin. A long-suffering wife who celebrates her husbands’ death dies from the shock of discovering he is still alive. In "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin‚ there are many moments when Chopin’s craft of writing feeds the irony of the story. One perfect example‚ "assure himself of its truth by a second telegram" (772). This sentence subdued me into believing that Mrs. Mallard’s husband
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engagements as Secretary of the Historical Association recently formed at his college. And this exactly is what more often than not happens to all our best intentions. The passage thus reveals Narayan’s ironic awareness of the fundamental contrast between what men intend to do and what they are actually able to do. Srinivas in Mr. Sampath encounters the extraordinary character of Sampath at the Bombay Anand Bhawan in Market Road. Sampath is a printer who owns the Truth Printing Works in Kabir
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"Sredni Vashtar" Takes a close look into the life and interactions of and between Conradin; his cousin and mentor‚ Mrs. de Ropp and Conradin’s Ferret and God: Sredni Vashtar. It can be described as a horror story because of its character’s description‚ themes and setting. It shows the religious downfall of the protagonist‚ the death of the antagonist and the lack of coherence in society. Saki emphasises the horror in the main characters‚ including both the protagonists and antagonists. "Conradin"
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Kate Chopin. Two types of irony are presented in the short story The Story of an Hour‚ situational and dramatic irony. Situational irony is irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended‚ so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected. Dramatic irony is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play or story. Situational irony is expressed through Mrs. Mallard’s
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Lamb to the Slaughter Story by Ronald Dahl Payal Kachru Was this piece worthy of the Dahl name? Mary Maloney proves to be an interesting character in this story. She fits well with the dramatic irony‚ tone‚ symbolism‚ and the overall theme of the story because of the brilliant characterization done on her character. Dahl‚ at the beginning of the story‚ sets up the premise that the reader should solely empathize with her character. Continuously‚ he keeps building the pretense that she is
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This story “Araby”‚ written by James Joyce‚ is seen showing readers variations of light. The beginning discusses childhood summer passing‚ as winter becoming current setting. It contains sentences with notion of darkness‚ such as “The space of sky above us was the colour of ever-changing violet”(p.107) and ”towards it the lamps of the street lifted their feeble lanterns”(p.107). With this setting we can anticipate that there’s something in the street of dark energy from lifting lanterns. Skies‚ also
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her insane. More than anything else the narrator describes the yellow wall-paper and her interaction with it. This story is full of irony‚ symbolism‚ and madness. Dramatic irony in the story takes place when the woman thinks the room was used as a nursery when it has bars on the windows and the bed is bolted to the floor‚ clearly it was not a nursery. Verbal irony is also used when the narrator contradicts herself by saying she is glad her case is not that serious but then says that the nervous
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