In Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ dramatic irony is used to garner sympathy and antipathy from the audience‚ which further develops the characters‚ conflict‚ and theme of the story. This is seen when the ghost of Hamlet Sr. tells Hamlet Jr. that “the serpent that did sting [his] father’s life/Now wears his [father’s] crown.” (I.v.39-40). This creates dramatic irony because the audience knows that Claudius killed Hamlet Sr. while the majority of the characters still believe that Hamlet Sr. was bitten by a
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My dad once told me‚ “once you find your passion‚ your whole world will change.” I spent years of my life searching for that passion‚ trying every club in school‚ learning every sport‚ researching every career in existence. It wasn’t until I went on my seventh grade class class trip to Costa Rica‚ that I realized that my dad was right; my world was about to change. On the trip I was exposed to all sorts of reptiles. I was around poisonous frogs‚ lizards‚ and snakes‚ but I didn’t care‚ I was way
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not‚” he said with a lighthearted chuckle. “Fine‚ then I shall continue. “First‚ I agree with King Arthur’s decree that women can own property in their own right. It was ludicrous that women should have to rely on husbands and family members to hold property in their name. Women need access to their own funds and land. “Also‚ I believe people should have the right to divorce‚ and women should be able to initiate that. What happens if a husband is cruel or turns out to be a terrible beast? Why should
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learn to accept those decisions without requesting any other alternatives. The question is: how can these children obey their parents when they don’t get to live their own lives? In some rare situations‚ the children rebel instead of obey to get what they truly wanted from the beginning. Rebellion doesn’t necessarily mean that the children are disrespecting their parents‚ it means that they’re trying to prove how capable they are of living
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Terrance McKinney April 06‚ 2011 The Irony of “Bullet in the Brain” Throughout the story of “Bullet in the Brain”‚ Tobias Wolff depicts a book critic “Anders”‚ as a pompous‚ intellectual whose intellect serves as his cause of death. The irony in “Bullet in the Brain” is that the self proclaimed genius too smart (or too dumb) to stay quiet which costs him his life. Throughout the story Anders seems to enjoy criticizing and disliking others‚ he doesn’t know when he should shut up‚ and finally when
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In the story Animal Farm by George Orwell the author wants to show how too much power in the hands of one individual can lead to inequality and unfair advantages. In the story it was said all animals should be treated equally‚ but as the story progressed all the animals began to be treated unequally. In the story Orwell uses the literary device irony‚ dramatic irony. Orwell was showing us the hypocrisy coming from the pigs before the animal were able to see. the animals told each other
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Today‚ March 1‚ 2011‚ was my point of no return: I quit my job. It feels great to write those four words‚ but it is also terrifying and exhilarating and scary and exciting and surreal and unbelievable and‚ in many ways‚ indescribable. I’m listening to Nina Simone’s “Feeling Good” as I write this. Her words‚ “It’s a new dawn / it’s a new day / it’s a new life for me / and I’m feeling good‚” best describe what I feel right now. A new beginning. A fresh start. The precipice of something exciting.
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language How I Learned to Read For me learning to read was an extensive and boring experience; I took reading for granted and never suspected of the great knowledge that was hidden in every book‚ I thought was useless; the revelation came afterwards. It all started at home. I was about to be five years old and my mom was teaching me how to write my name. In my head I understood nothing of what I wrote but as far as I know that was my name‚ which would follow me the rest of my life. Finally
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ENG-H101 Essay #3a revised Due: April 20‚ 2012 How I Got Smart The essay “How I Got Smart” by Steve Brody explains how as a young boy he hated school until his sophomore year. Brody’s grades until then were horrible and upsetting to his father to see (152-153). Then he found a passion for knowledge and education through a girl named Debbie whom he fell in love with‚ was much smarter
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gave some examples of distributed pervasive systems: home systems‚ electronic health-care systems‚ and sensor networks. Extend this list with more examples 10. An experimental file server is up 3/4 of the time and down 1/4 of the time‚ due to bugs. How many times does this file server have to be replicated to give an availability of at least 99%? 11. What is a three-tiered client-server architecture? 12. Consider a chain of processes P1‚ P2‚ ...‚ Pn implementing a multitiered client-server architecture
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