Irony: the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning (Merriam Webster Dictionary) Of the four soldiers wandering behind enemy lines after the Battle of the Bulge‚ Billy Pilgrim is the least soldierly and least likely to survive. He’s the only one who survives. He also survives the incineration of Dresden‚ not bad for an unfit prisoner of war. He is also the lone survivor of an airplane crash. Edgar Derby is tried and executed for plundering
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PB: In brief Michael‚ Emma has preserved its appeal through Austen’s exploration of values and attitudes‚ attuned to modern audiences. These values and attitudes in turn parallel with that of readers in a modern context‚ providing the novel with a sense of universality. MC: Fascinating observation Paula‚ can you specify what values and attitudes still pervade in a contemporary context? PB: The values and attitudes that Austen has chosen to explore in Emma address the strict nature of social classes
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Persuasion Persuasion is one of the most famous novels by Jane Austen. In Jane Austen’s ‘Persuasion’‚ it’s talk about the Anne and Captain Wentworth experiences all kinds of hardships and finally together. In her novel‚ she explores feminism from her unique perspective. Be specific in women ability to deal with emergencies‚ longing for a broader life‚ and have own ideas. One characteristic of feminism is women ability to deal with emergencies. For example‚ Anne came to her sister’s house to take
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Authors of short stories use elements of style to make their stories interesting. There are many elements of style used by authors. Irony and theme are often used in short stories. This is clearly shown in O. Henry’s short stories such as: “The Gift of the Magi‚” “The Lickpenny Lover‚” “The Midsummer Knights Dream‚” “The Cop and the Anthem‚” and “Ships.” The short stories of O. Henry use the element of theme to bring about ironic endings. In “The Gift of the Magi” there are elements of theme throughout
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Jane Austen Interview Interviewer: We have here with us today the one and only Jane Austen‚ author of Pride and Prejudice which has‚ to date‚ sold over 20 million copies. Welcome‚ Jane. Austen:Thank you‚ its great to be here. Interviewer:For those who haven’t read Pride and Prejudice‚ could you give us an overview of the story? Austen:Well‚ Pride and Prejudice is a novel centring a female protagonist‚ Elizabeth Bennet‚ forging her way through an established and rigid social hierarchy in the
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Paper #2 Throughout time sitcoms have used satire‚ irony and parody to entertain and get laughs out of its audience. Almost everyone likes certain sitcoms for different reasons‚ but mostly because they enjoy a good laugh. I want to talk about sitcoms and what is hiding behind the satire‚ irony and parodies. Sitcoms are meant to help its audience through social anxieties without fully coming out and saying what it is doing. The word sitcom is actually two words put together which was once called
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novel written by Jane Austen and the first to be pub- lished. It is full of satiric wit‚ and for this reason is often grouped with the Juvenilia and Northanger Abbey as an immature effort that Austen made before finding her true literary voice. Irony‚ however‚ makes it easier to pinpoint Austen’s feelings on social customs. In addition‚ her irony is entertaining‚ often making the first books in her canon the most beloved by her audience. Ian Watt describes the use of irony in this novel as “the means
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Jane Austen experienced a less strict version of the British class system: she was low enough on the class “ladder” to interact with poorer classes but high enough to associate with the aristocracy. In her novels though‚ the protagonists all seem to have at least
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Ideas about the human condition can transcend time and expressed through different contexts while reflecting society’s changing values. Emma‚ written by Jane Austen reaffirms and challenges the conservative society of 19th century England‚ where moral growth is a result of strict social etiquettes and rigid class structure. However‚ Heckerling has taken similar ideas that speak powerfully about human nature to the different context of 20th century America‚ within the world of Clueless where a much
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Parallels are drawn between the values and attitudes of post-modern and regency society in Emma ’s carriage incident and Clueless ’ car scene. In Emma‚ Mr Elton displays complete disgust and outrage at the notion of marrying the socially inferior Harriet‚ exclaiming ’Good heaven! What can be the meaning of this? ’ This segregation and incompatibility of differing social classes is also portrayed in Clueless through Elton ’s outburst of ’Don ’t you even know who my father is? ’ revealing the transcending
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