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    Colossians 1:16 "For by Him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth‚ visible and invisible‚ whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by God and for God." REGISTRATION PROCEDURE (For New Student) Submitted by admin on Sun‚ 01/08/2012 - 20:37 Requirements to be submitted in the Office of the Registrar: (Enrollees with incomplete requirements will not be encoded)   1. Original High School card (Form 138) ( For Transferee: Original Transcript

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    well known for his clever employment of literary devices‚ such as dramatic irony‚ to heighten audience involvement. This use is especially prominent in Shakespeare’s well-known tragedy Othello. Iago‚ often referred to as “honest Iago‚” hardly lives up to his trustworthy reputation. Out of jealousy and spite‚ Iago hatches a scheme in order to reap revenge on those he feels have wronged him. This prominent use of dramatic irony creates a unique‚ especially one-sided‚ relationship between Iago and the

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    can teach you many important subjects in life that can lead you forward into the life story you are creating. Courage is something a lot of us have but we have it hidden inside us only to use when we need to the most. In addition to courage comes irony one of the flaws life has in store for people who act always on their words. Furthermore comes hypocrisy when someone claims something is wrong‚ but does it themselves formerly leading to that person to lose respect from others. Provided that the book

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    Irony and Symbolism in “The Cask of Amontillado” In the short story "The Cask of Amontillado‚" Edgar Allan Poe writes in first person point of view‚ from the perspective of Montresor‚ the narrator of this tale‚ who seeks revenge against Fortunato. Montresor began to develop the perfect plan for revenge. During the carnival season‚ Montresor meet with Fortunato and decides to implement his plan carefully not to arouse Fortunato’s suspicions through irony. Poe’s story describes the inner workings

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    Great Expectations The title of Charles Dickens’ novel‚ Great Expectations‚ refers to Pip’s many expectations. Pip expects to inherit money‚ but he first has to be educated a gentleman. Pip has “great expectations” of himself and Jaggers also tells Pip that “he is a young man of great expectations”. During the time of his education‚ Pip focuses too much on himself and values too little what he already has. For an example‚ Joe always lets Pip talk to him and Joe never takes advantage of Pip

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    Surname 5 Name Tutor Class Date Irony “The Story of an Hour” is a short story by Kate Chopin’s. It is a story about marriage‚ one filled with rather many instances of irony. It is about a lady‚ Mrs. Mallard‚ and how she reacts to the news she receives about the apparent death of her husband. She suffers a heart condition and thus when her sister and friend‚ Robert come over to give her the unfortunate news‚ they do it carefully to prevent a possible heart failure due to the shock of the news. Mrs

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    I am on page 200. This book is about A kid named John running a farm on his own. He has to protect the sheep and chase coyotes away. John starts to get more mature along the way. In this paper I will be evaluating the symbolism and evaluating the irony. The symbols in this book are Johns Great Grandpa‚ and tink a worker at the Barron Spread. Johns grandpa he thought of as a hero‚ and also a very hard worker. His granda claimed land and built a farm all by himself. The farm that Johns grandpa owned

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    Okonkwo became a very successful clan leader in his village‚ by working hard and refusing to be lazy like his father Unoka. Achebe uses irony to encourage character development‚ drive the contrast between Okonkwo’s dreams and his reality as others see him‚ and explain the culture’s beliefs in the way they treat women vs. the way women are revered. Throughout the novel‚ irony is used to initiative character development‚ especially Okonkwo’s. Okonkwo grew up with an extremely lazy father that never went

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    Throughout Oedipus Rex‚ Oedipus demonstrates‚ through dramatic irony‚ hamartia‚ and catharsis‚ changes from an ignorant egomaniac to a humble wanderer after everything is taken away. Dramatic irony‚ where the reader knows something the characters don’t‚ is abundant in Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex. For instance‚ when Tiresias‚ the profit‚ and Oedipus are exchanging words in an argument‚ Tiresias says‚ “I say that you are Laius’ murder”‚ is never accepted by most of the characters‚ yet it was made clear

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    Jones is based on Tsar Nicholas II. Animal Farm starts out with a situational irony when the animals are very unhappy with the humans and decide to take over the farm and run it themselves. The two pigs Napoleon and Snowball assume the roles of leadership but do not get along very well. This is a situational irony because it is unexpected and ironic for animals to be running a farm. There is also some dramatic irony because the reader knows that the animals are plotting against Farmer Jones‚ but

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