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    Another Country” is a story of ironies. In the story In Another Country‚ one of Hemingway’s greatest themes is the implausibility of war‚ focusing on the fate of the soldiers in the aftermath of war‚ when they experience the tragedies and futility of their lives. In fact‚ the story offers a rethinking of war-related concepts and values such as bravery‚ heroism‚ patriotism‚ camaraderie‚ etc. and a tool used to convey contrasting or unconventional views is irony. For example‚ irony lies in the fact that

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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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    The Irony of life and death in Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” which is a very short story is infused with an immense amount of irony and foreshadowing that somehow hints to the ending of the story before you even get to the first paragraphs end. The main character Mrs. Mallard has a deeply inflicted heart of being the oppressed subject of her husband’s wrath that ironically takes her life at the end of the story. After reading the short story many times

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    man‚ but society says no. Mrs.Mallard in The Story of an Hour wants exactly this. So‚ when she hears that her husband has been killed in a railroad accident‚ she doesn’t think twice about how she feels. She believes she is free‚ facing the welcoming spring air‚ enjoying life as if she hasn’t lost her beloved husband. But‚ not for long. Her dreams are shattered as her “dead” soulmate walks through the door‚ and her heart stops. Literally. In this story‚ you’ll find that there are plenty of hidden

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    Chopin‚ in her short story “The Story of an Hour‚” features effectively implementing imagery‚ irony‚ and a powerful timetable‚ showing the reality of the bonds of marriage. She wants to highlight the importance of personal freedom‚ and the struggle underneath the surface of daily life. Chopin opens her short story by demonstrating the irony of the Mrs. Mallard’s situation by using imagery. Chopin showed the irony through imagery‚ as Mrs. Mallard hit a sensory overload while she wept: she could see

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    Throughout the storyStory of an Hour” there are a few subtle instances of foreshadowing and irony. These instances explain the some of the scenes throughout the story. The opening sentence foreshadows Mrs. Mallard’s death at the end of the story as it explains how serious Mrs. Mallard’s heart trouble really was‚ as great care was taken to break the news of her husband’s death. The irony that is of Mrs. Mallard’s death upon finding out her husband did not die in the train wreck‚ and when she sees

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    In this short story‚ “A Story of an Hour”‚ Kate Chopin uses irony and symbolism in order to describe Mrs. Mallard’s state of being for an hour in her life. We learn of Mrs. Mallard‚ a woman who cried out for freedom and independency from a marriage that she did not have the desire to no longer be in. In a marriage‚ one can lose their identity‚ especially in the times of Mrs. Mallard where women did not have a voice. The setting of this story justifies why Mrs. Mallard’s feels the way that she

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    causes a person to possess the inability to see or to have the sense of sight. In the short story “Cathedral”‚ we meet an average‚ suburban husband and his wife‚ who have a troubled marriage. The husband is less than thrilled to meet his wife’s blind friend‚ Robert‚ who she has been exchanging tapes with for the past ten years. We feel sympathetic towards Robert because of his handicap‚ but as the story continues‚ it is in fact the narrator who should be pitied because he has trouble seeing the

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    The Other Side of the War Story Thinking about the 1890’s in the Philippines‚ what comes to mind are katipuneros in their straw hats‚ kamisochinos and red trousers‚ raising their bolos in the air‚ fighting for the freedom of the country – basically‚ a bloody era of wars between the brave natives and the powerful conquistadores. It is probably only natural; since young‚ we have been taught in school that the Spaniards brought nothing in the country but bloodshed and indolence‚ aside from a few euphemisms

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    TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY The Australian Capital Territory Government is standing up for animals‚ becoming the first state to ban three of the cruellest factory farming practices ever inflicted on animals. The last battery egg facility has shut down and no pigs are currently factory farmed there. The Australian Capital Territory government has made the most of this opportunity to ensure factory farming cruelty is gone for good. A bill was passed to ban Pig Crates‚ Battery cages and Debeaking‚ this

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