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    Before and After

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    Before and After It is Death that consoles yea‚ and causes our lives. “The Death of the Poor” Charles Baudelaire What was a firm stone before magically transformed into two birds that immediately flew away. They had been caged in the stone for years and could finally obtain freedom. The old one immediately fell dead and got rid of all the sufferings she had had before. The young one flew away searching for a new life. But sometimes life plays bad tricks; a stone fist is always stronger than separate

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    Irony in Canterbury Tales

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    Irony is a form of speech in which the real meaning is concealed or contradicted by the words used. There are three tales that are fantastic demonstrations of irony. “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”‚ “The Pardoner’s Tale”‚ and “The Nun Priest’s Tale” are the three. While each one is different‚ each uses irony to teach its characters a lesson. “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” does not have as much irony in it as the other two tales do. The most major ironical difference is that of the nature of the knight’s

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    in others‚ irony is used in both stories to help readers understand their message‚ but the messages that are portrayed to the audience differ. “The Pardoner’s Tale” by Geoffrey Chaucer and “Federigo’s Falcon” by Giovanni Boccaccio portray how greed can be the start of something evil‚ and how sometimes sacrifices have to be made for the people that are most loved. Therefore “Federigo’s Falcon” and “The pardoner’s tale” are similar because both authors portray their message with irony. The three

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    Irony in the Story of an Hour “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin is filled with Irony. Irony‚ in this story‚ is defined by something other than the expected happening. From the beginning‚ things are not what they seem. The author makes the reader believe that the main character will react in one way‚ but to our surprise something different happens. She creates‚ in our minds‚ an idea that there will be sorrow and mourning over death. After reading the first paragraph I thought the main character

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    Irony of Plato

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    One could often hear politicians to be regarded as charismatic or charming. However‚ seldom‚ if ever‚ does one associate these adjectives with a political system. The lack of connection between the two words did not stop a great philosopher‚ Plato‚ to describe democracy exactly with one of these terms: “Democracy … is a charming form of government‚ full of variety and disorder; and dispersing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike” (Plato 214). The underlining message of the quoted sentence

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    Lessons Learned

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    to kill an elephant that had run rampant in lust throughout a village. In its rampage the elephant destroyed a truck‚ a hut‚ and killed a villager. The villagers were obviously upset about the situation and he was called upon to restore the order before anything or anyone was hurt. Throughout the ordeal‚ he decided that it was best to kill the elephant. His reasons for doing so‚ however‚ were not as clear-cut. He said his ultimate decision was to not look bad in front of the villagers that gave him

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    LESSON PLAN Class : 6 Azam Date : 21 October 2012 Day : Sunday Time: 9.15 a.m. – 10.15 a.m. No of Pupils : 30 Topic : Short story : Beauty and the Beast Skills : 3.3‚ 3.6‚ 3.9‚ 3.10 and 4.3 Language Aspect : Reading comprehension‚ grammar‚ vocabulary Learning outcome: At the end of the lesson‚ students should be able to : 1. Indicate the sequence of story that took place by rearranging the paragraph accordingly. 2. Summarise the story by filling in the blanks with

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    the daughter is sent to church‚ an explosion kills the child. “ ‘Ballad of Birmingham’ provides rich lessons in irony‚ the power of poetry‚ and the history of our country” (Jolley 38). The irony is displayed from the fact that the mother wants to keep her child safe by sending her to church and thus leads to her death is one of the main literary devices that Randall uses in this poem. From this irony‚ one can see how afraid the African American

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    Irony in “The Story of an Hour” Irony allows the author to engage and surprise the reader‚ which often also teaches an important lesson. The definition of irony is “using words to imply the opposite of what they are normally mean.” The reader can observe many instances of irony from “The Story of an Hour.” In the short story‚ Louise Mallard’s weak heart undergoes big transformations within a very short time by three different types of irony: situational irony‚ verbal irony‚ and dramatic irony.

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    The Lessons

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    1. Why are the three rioters looking for Death? Because they think death is a person. 2. What do they expect to find under the tree‚ and what do they actually find? They expect to find death but they find a pot of gold. 3. What happens to the rioters? They die‚ and actually find death. 4. Who/what is the Old Man a personification of? Death 5. How is “The Pardoner’s Tale” a moral tale? What is the moral? Because the rioters search for death‚ and find gold. They all die. Think Critically

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