Literature 15 September 2012 Humor in “Good Country People” Flannery O’Connor has always liked to use various types of humor and irony in her stories centered around the dark‚ tragic‚ and uncomfortable ways of life. She uses these literary techniques to mask what she is truly trying to say. "Good Country People" by Flannery O ’Connor is a prime example of humor and irony which makes fun of the simple‚ intellectual‚ as well as the incongruous people in the world. The most blatant and simple type
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direction the story will head. First‚ how the relationship between Mrs. Peebles and Edie catapult Edie to new relationships. Then there is wondering where the relationship between Edie and Chris will head. This causes the short story to have two types of irony‚ situational and dramatic because of the direction the story starts off then changes and ends up. Edie is a fifteen year old girl living on a farm. She has daily chorus to do on the farm that consist of doing laundry and making bread as well as cakes
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Example- The tree danced in the wind as the air was blowing. 10. Verbal irony: irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means something else Example- "Water is as clear as mud" - The person actually says that the water is not at all clear. 11. Dramatic irony: the dramatic effect achieved by a speech that shows an incongruity of which the characters in the play remain unaware 12. Situational irony: irony involving a situation in which
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To many‚ A Modest Proposal‚ is quite the opposite‚ as it is filled with irony‚ sarcasm‚ and little sincerity. This is more closely related to the word‚ absurd‚ rather than ‚modest. From my standpoint I believe that this idea outlined by Johnathan Swift was done as a comic solution during the troubling time of famine in Ireland. Swift did not have the intention of this proposal to ever be taken seriously and actually implemented‚ but rather use it in order to get the attention of Ireland’s government
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way of insults‚ or could simply be used to dramatize a situation‚ where in reality‚ the situation may not be that bad. I’m so busy trying to accomplish ten million things at once. Your dog is so ugly‚ we had to pay the fleas to live on him. 4. Irony is stating one thing while
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Mary Shelley uses different types of irony throughout her novel Frankenstein to draw her readers in and to put an emphasis on her characters. Not only does the irony place emphasis on the characters it also helps build the tone and theme of the novel. Throughout the novel Frankenstein it is very obvious that Victor Frankenstein has changed dramatically. In the beginning Victor Frankenstein was a sane‚ ambitious man who focused on his studies but as time goes on and he creates a creature he begins
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with the blood on his hands. The irony expressed in Oedipus involves a contradiction between appearance and reality. Sophocles does a great job by using dramatic and cosmic irony to communicate the message- “do not be overconfident and selfish.” One of the best dramatic irony represents Oedipus evaluating the consequences towards the killer’s murder. Another dramatic irony shows Oedipus calling curses down upon the murderer. One last irony is a cosmic irony. This irony shows the ending of Oedipus’s
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them. Hopelessly‚ the grandmother calls The Misfit her child and wants to touch him on the shoulder‚ but this angers The Misfit. As a result‚ he shoots the grandmother three times on the chest. The author uses characterization‚ foreshadowing‚ and irony to illustrate the theme that the tendency to manipulate people’s actions and thoughts may introduce tragic outcomes to the love ones. In the short story "A Good Man is Hard to Find" ‚ the author applies both direct characterization and indirect
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eccentric short story about a General who lives on an island and hunts humans. The theme of irony delineate the themes for both of the short stories. “The Cask of Amontillado” is a short story about the narrator‚ Montressor‚ trying to get revenge for an unknown reason towards a man named Fortunado. Irony is used throughout the story to support the idea of Montressor’s revenge on Fortunado. Poe uses dramatic irony for Montressor’s revenge because the readers know how he is trying to get revenge‚ but
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different types of irony‚ situational and verbal. They are all used throughout the story to enhance the reading of Joyce’s tale. The two main characters in the story are Corley and Lenehan. Corley is conceited and brags about everything. He boasts about the cigars and cigarettes that the maid steals from her owner. Lenehan acts as if he is Corley’s sidekick. He takes part in his friends exploits‚ but at some points‚ feels as if he will get nothing out of their crime. Situational irony occurs when
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