situational irony is when the audience believes something will happen but a different scenario occurs‚ and dramatic irony is when the audience knows what is happening but the characters do not. In the short story “The Mark of the Beast‚” the author‚ Rudyard Kipling‚ makes great use of all three types of irony. In paragraph nine on page two the narrator states‚ “He was gorgeously drunk” this is an example of verbal irony because the narrator did not actually mean that Fleete was gorgeous; He used the positive
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narrative to death’ by losing interest and discarding the book! Rudyard Kipling’s “Kim” Kim by Rudyard Kipling is a meandering voyage with an Anglo-Indian boy and his Tibetan mentor through colonial India. Kipling provides a detailed portrait of India’s diversity of cultures‚ landscapes‚ languages‚ and races comparable to Salman Rushdie’s novel Midnight’s Children. And Midnight’s Children has been interpreted as a postcolonial revision of Rudyard Kipling’s Kim. In this case and many others‚ the postcolonial
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Topic: Compare the Imagery in McCrae ’s ’ ’In Flanders Fields ’ ’ and Kipling ’s ’ ’For All We Have and Are ’ ’ ’ ’Few countries in the world have a poem printed on their currency‚ but Canada does … it is the first verse of John McCrae ’s ’ ’In Flanders Fields‚ ’ ’ a poem that each November is recited in school gymnasiums and around war memorials in Canada and throughout many other English-speaking countries. ’ ’ (Holmes 1.). In this paper I am going to argue why the poem ’ ’In Flanders’s
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“If” by Rudyard Kipling‚ he masks himself with the face of a father reaching out to his son. He characterizes what would make the ideal person‚ making them seem almost holy‚ if they could accomplish all tasks addressed in the poem. Evidently‚ Kipling tries to rely to the audience through his tone and well put together examples‚ just the same as a father would do for a son‚ a roadmap to life and to the standards that one should hold within a society. Within this poem by Kipling‚ his mask
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would often lead to civil wars and power struggles within national governments. This is one way it justifies that Social Darwinism or Imperialism remains. Imperialism or Social Darwinism is shown through the literature “White Man’s Burden” by Rudyard Kipling‚ a poem form 1899. In this piece of literature when it says “white man’s burden” it
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Would you have risked your life to save a friend? Rikki thought to himself‚ “If I don’t break his back at the first jump he can still fight; and if he fights—O Rikki!” As we say “The most important things in life aren’t things” - Anthony J. D’Angelo Rikki Tikki is a brave character in this story. In one example‚ Rikki said to Nag‚ “Do you think it is right for you to eat fledglings out of a nest?”(para 25). Rikki Tikki stands up for his friend Darzee to let Nag know that he made a bad choice.
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was perceived as a sign of weakness‚ totally unacceptable to an aspiring great power” (Spielvogel‚ 745). Rudyard Kipling argues that the white Europeans felt as if they were morally responsible for preaching their version of civilization to the natives of the country. “By open speech and simple// An hundred times made plain// To seek another’s profit// And work for another’s gain” (Kipling‚ in Spielvogel‚ 746). He also said that the more countries colonialized the more success the white Europeans
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Man’s Burden‚ by Rudyard Kipling‚ suggested that Americans should encourage the cultural development of‚ people from other ethnic and cultural backgrounds until they can take their place in the world by fully adopting Western ways. This phrase expressed imperialism through a subliminal message. By culturing other people‚ the main process was by conquering their land and in effect expands America’s own land. The White Man’s Burden is a poem by the British poet Rudyard Kipling. It was originally
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While watching Rikki-Tikki-Tavi‚ or reading‚ many people have questions about the difference between the movie and the book. This essay‚ hopefully‚ will answer some of those questions. The author of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is Rudyard Kipling. The story starts with a flood that washed a mongoose out of his home. A family kindly takes him in‚ knowing he was cold and hungry. The mongoose helps to protect the family‚ and himself‚ from two evil snakes‚ who is trying to become Queen and King of the garden once
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Oliver Twist ; Great Expectations ; A Tale of Two Cities. Minneapolis‚ MN: Amaranth‚ 1985. Print. 3- Daniel‚ Clifton. 20th Century Day by Day. New York‚ NY: Dorling Kindersley Pub.‚ 2000. Print. 4- Rudyard Kipling‚ “The White Man’s Burden: The United States & The Philippine Islands‚ 1899.” Rudyard Kipling’s Verse: Definitive Edition (Garden City‚ New York: Doubleday‚ 1929).
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