WORKS IN TRANSLATION ESSAY IB Diploma - Literature HL Title: In what way does Henrik Ibsen’s use of irony in Hedda Gabler contribute to the play’s examination of 19th century Norwegian social ideology? Name – Daniel Bloch School Number – 001926 Candidate Number – 001926-002 Session – November‚ 2014 Word Count – 1365 Reflective Statement: Word Count - 379 I only had superficial knowledge about Henrik Ibsen and the society in which he lived prior to the Interactive
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rhetorical strategies in his article‚ but the one that stood out was‚ irony. Andrew Marantz uses the rhetorical strategy‚ irony‚ effectively in his argument that Indian Call Centers ruin the identity of their workers by forcing other cultures upon them. That is due to the reason that the use of irony highlights important events and it persuades the reader that his argument is trustworthy. The author‚ Andrew Marantz‚ uses irony effectively to persuade the reader that Indian Call Centers are ruining
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Pardoner’s Tale” The Pardoner’s Tale was written by Geoffrey Chaucer. It’s a narrative poem that describes the character of the pardoner. He describes his character by using different literary themes. The Pardoner is described through a use of symbolism‚ irony and personification. This tale uses symbolism in many different ways. In one way that I saw symbolism in the story is was through the coffin. The coffin symbolized that there would be death later on in the tale. A sentence from the poem that supports
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Chaucer’s use of irony in the characterization of The Wife of Bath. Within the literary world there are several devices that are used to either enhance or play down particular situations‚ events‚ and or characters. One device that will be explores within the contents of this paper is irony. Irony can be defines as “as implied discrepancy between what is said and what is meant.”1 Although irony is seen as an obscure difference of what is and what was; its format is contained within three different
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In her essay “The Fourth of July”‚ Audre Lorde conveys her anger toward American society. Her anger is caused by the racism and discrimination in her country. Although she clearly establishes her claim‚ Lorde uses irony to express her opinions yet control her anger. Lorde’s essay was written in response to her family’s trip to Washington D.C. the summer after her graduation from eighth grade. In it‚ she writes‚ “the waitress was white‚ and the counter was white‚ and the ice
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lepsiene@yahoo.com VILNIUS‚ 2012 CONTENT Introduction ................................................................................................................................3 INTRODUCTION Sarcasm‚ verbal irony‚ paradox‚ and pun are devices sometimes used to show humor. Heck‚ a simile or metaphor can also establish humor. One of my favorite funny lines from a book is a simile. Somewhere in the "Hitchhiker’s Guide" series‚ Douglas Adams described a woman failing
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that however much a person can grow accustomed to losing something‚ the loss of friendship and love is especially hard to cope with. Figurative language and literary devices play an important part to help develop themes in poems by use of symbolism‚ irony‚ and repetition. Bishop uses symbolism to give a further‚ intellectual meaning to her subject other than its literal definition. Bishop uses the term “art” for two different meanings. She coins the term “the art of losing” to describe loss as a
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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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The English author William S. Maugham is best known for his short story “Mr. Know All”‚ in which he employs the irony technique brilliantly. Written in the same fashion is “The Verger”‚ another short story about the path of making success of an illiterate verger. Maugham‚ in this amazingly ironic literary work‚ has put the art of utilizing irony to the top degree with the reply of Foreman the protagonist to the bank manager at the end of the story. Foreman has been the verger of St. Peter’s for
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Oscar Wilde has impacted the writing styles of many playwrights. His use of humor in his plays especially‚ The Importance of Being Earnest has been widely recognized all around the world. In the play by Oscar Wilde‚ The Importance of Being Earnest‚ irony is used to create humor as well as highlight the satire used by Wilde. This play can be classified in
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