Kate Chopin used dramatic and situational irony to express her theme. Many social changes were taking place throughout the 20th century. In American society‚ women were finally able to choose their own career aside from the traditional housewife role. Kate Chopin used irony as a way to unexpectedly shock her readers and reveal the theme in “The Story of An Hour”. Irony is a contrast between what is expected and what actually happened. Dramatic irony is when the reader knows something that a character
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great discussion in the present day‚ such as his usage of irony‚ foreshadowing‚ unconscious hypocrisy and other literary elements. They are used today as well‚ but in the past centuries‚ the combination of those elements was the technique which was the most appealing to the audience‚ the one‚ actually‚ used by Shakespeare. One of those elements is dramatic irony‚ which is based on the contrast of reality and misconception. In dramatic irony this contrast depends on the difference between what the
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The short story‚ “The Cask of Amontillado” written by Edgar Allen Poe is about a psychotic man named Montresor who seeks revenge against Fortunato‚ a man who allegedly committed malice towards him. Poe utilizes verbal irony to establish the story’s events and to create a humorous yet subtle way to show the misfortunes of Fortunato which eventually leads up to his death. For example‚ “Enough‚ he said; the cough is a mere nothing; it will not kill me. I shall not die of a cough” (Poe 241). Fortunato
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preaching previously unknown beliefs to a group of people. However‚ the author chooses to make this statement on the matter using an ironic situation. Borges uses irony to weave a descriptive subtext that is interesting to the reader and creates interesting intertextuality between the story itself and the Gospels. Borges’ use of irony is meant to show that preaching a theology or ideal you do not believe in will lead to grave consequences from God. Borges begins to develop the ironic conclusion of
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The author Steinbeck actually uses a lot of irony in the entire novel. One of the major irony appears in the book is the scene when George kills Lennie‚ because he wants to protect Lennie from other people such as Curley who might treat Lennie in a violent way. Ironically‚ George takes Carlson’s shotgun to kill Lennie‚ and this shotgun is actually the one is used for killing Candy’s dog. It is also irony since the ranch hands do not feel sympathy for Lennie’s death and the fact that George loses
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George Gerges Ms. Worth AP Language and Comp 30 November 2012 The Combat of Death In Slaughterhouse Five‚ Kurt Vonnegut uses irony to demonstrate the destructiveness and depreciations of war. Vonnegut incorporated many cases of irony in his book‚ and they overall enhance the meaning throughout the passage. One of the prime situations of irony took place with Edgar Derby. This poor man had to endure suffering and pain during the course of the war and the firebombing‚ only to be executed in the
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“Wit‚ Humor and Irony in Pride and Prejudice" Introduction The objective of this paper is to analyze the wit‚ the irony and the humor present in the novel made by Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice‚ written between 1796 and 1797. This novel is basically a love story that deals with the theme of marriage‚ social classes‚ and their differences and prejudices. The heroine Elizabeth Bennet is a 20-year-old girl‚ described as an intelligent and witty person‚ living
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Irony is defined as “a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words.”(literarydevices.net) In his Spoon River Anthology‚ realist poet Edgar Lee Masters uses irony to depict his characters‚ his poems divulging bizarre situations where appearance and reality may be distinct. From a graveyard and the depth of their tombs‚ three citizens of Spoon River‚ Trainor the Druggist‚ Doc Hill‚ and Margaret Fuller Slack‚ tell
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a small town for an annual lottery‚ where children are playing with stones and adults are sharing stories about farming. Yet‚ the sunny and happy opening scene has a twisted shocking ending‚ as the lottery in the story does not involve winning a prize‚ but losing a life. Irony is an underlying theme that is used throughout the story. Irony is referring to a person‚ situation‚ or circumstance that is different than it would actually seem. Jackson led the reader to interpret the story in different
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I am going to explain different uses of the literary devices irony and paradox. In the story Like the Sun the author uses irony. In The Open Window the author Saki uses paradox.In this essay I will compare and contrast how each author explores the uses of irony and paradox. First‚In Like the Sun‚ the irony is the main character is truthful for one day and everyone is upset about it. It is ironic because he is trying to do the right thing while everyone is upset about him doing it. Everyone was ok
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