There is irony in the title of the play. Trifles would mean things without importance or overlooked‚ even not needed; and yet the wife‚ the kitchen‚ the dead bird are all the most important elements of the drama. The kitchen is where the most important lines take place‚ the wife overlooked takes control‚ and the quilt and the dead bird tell the real story of the Wright home. There is irony in the focus on the activity of her hands "pleating" her apron‚ this is mentioned several times by Lewis Hale
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as to why Dante gave his sinners such specific punishments. Most of these punishments were closely related or the opposite of the sins committed. Irony is seen in many ways throughout The Inferno. As Dante takes you through his version of Hell he uses imagery to describe each of his nine levels‚ it’s sinners‚ and their punishments. The first time irony is seen in Dante Alighieri’s The Inferno is at the entrance to the underworld in circle three. This part of Hell holds the Gluttons and the chief
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Greek‚ situational irony occurs when the opposite of what one expects happens. Irony in literature has existed for many years. It keeps the readers engaged and heavily impacts the points the writer wanted to get across. In Chaim Potok’s book The Chosen‚ the author wrote about the faith of Reuven and Danny and the pressures they received from their communities and fathers. Reuven and Danny surprised their fathers and the reader with their ironic choices. The prominence of irony in Chaim Potok’s book
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of revenge. It takes place in a European Country during carnival season. The two main characters are Montresor and Fortunato‚ where Montresor wants revenge for the “thousand injuries” Fortunato has caused him. The author uses a lot of imagery and irony to achieve the tone/mood of suspense and fright in his writing. The author uses imagery when he gives many descriptive details about what is happening which allows the reader to create their own image of the story. For example‚ the details he uses
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of The Importance of Being Earnest‚ Oscar Wilde uses irony to comment on the‚ absurd nature of the Victorian morals and values‚ context as well as highlight the satire‚ that he implemented‚ and humour. In the scene‚ Cecily admonishes Algy‚ who is pretending to be Ernest by saying‚ "I hope you have not been leading a double life‚ pretending to be wicked and being really good all the time. That would be hypocrisy." This is a use of dramatic irony as usually the act of being a hypocrite is when one pretends
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sound imagery‚ irony‚ and repeated elements‚ which he uses to create an emotional effect for his readers. In Edgar Allan Poe’s story “The Cask of Amontillado” he uses sound imagery to describe Fortunato’s sickness. The quote from “The Cask of Amontillado” to describe Fortunato’s sickness is “Enough‚ ‘he said; ‘the cough is a mere nothing; it will not kill me. I shall not die from a cough.” For this sound imagery you should feel horror
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Irony in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn For centuries‚ irony has been used as a literary device by writers Thesis: Irony is heavily used in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn through religion‚ racism‚ and the fact that Jim is a free man throughout the majority of the novel. One theme that possesses a rather unsurprising amount of irony is religion. At the very beginning of the book‚ Tom Sawyer gets it in his mind to start up a murderous gang of robbers with the neighborhood kids. One
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Name Teacher Class Date Dominican Irony Question: The Gangster‚ unlike many of the men in the book‚ is friendly‚ and treats Beli like a woman. However‚ his action creates an irony in the book. Explain. Answer: Many of the man in the book have been rude toward the girls in the book. They thought that their action is the right thing to do‚ since they have the Dominican Pride. All they really cared about was their appearance as a muchacha figure‚ and did not care for the girls’ feeling or
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Irony in ‘A Gospel according to Mark’ How would you feel accepting somebody into your family and allowing them to preach to you when they are not a religious believer themselves? As we learn more in Jorge Luis Borges story ‘The Gospel according to Mark’ we find a unique message that there exists some greater power in the universe that punishes those that do preach what they do not believe. Borges uses irony in a setting to realize the importance of knowing what you teach and the potential‚ yet
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priceless jewels just to find out that they each sold their priceless jewels to get something for one another. One a comb for the now missing hair‚ the other a golden chain for the now sold watch. Man once said that irony allows us to see the flaws in a person. alas in this story‚ irony did not show the flaws of the person‚ it showed the depth of love each felt to each other. When Della looked at her hair and decided to sell it for
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