interviews‚ television shows‚ movies‚ novels‚ and performance scripts‚ dialogue is used to show the different personalities of characters. In The Club’ David Williamson uses colloquialism‚ slang‚ clichés‚ anecdotes‚ idiomatic expressions‚ satire‚ sarcasm and irony to show the different personalities and desires of the characters Ted‚ Jock‚ Gerry‚ Laurie‚ Danny and Geoff. Teds repetitiveness is used to show that he feels anxious and insecure about approaching and handling situations. it’s much
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Rites of passage” - Sharon Olds and “Real boys” - William Pollack Although the main theme of the two texts is anger and how boys express this strong feeling as a way of solution to conflicts‚ the texts‚ in term of form they are fundamentally different. On the one hand‚ text 1(a) is a poem called “Rites of passage” written by Sharon Olds‚ which ironically shows how this violence has been present in the life of the poet’s son. On the other hand‚ text1 (b) is an extract from scholarly study
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This poem was inspired on an article published by the New York Times‚ which reflected the injustice that blacks received from the whites during the apartheid years. From the very first line we can see the implications of racism since we are told what gender and ex-job the policeman had while we not given any information about the black discriminated woman. The ex-policeman is set on a higher category as if he was superior. "A pregnant Black was Heart Donor; Recipient in Capetown a White Ex-policeman
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from a Small Island’‚ written by Bill Bryson is a reflective travel journal comparing Bryon’s past views and opinions of Britain‚ his expectations and thus the reality of what he discovers it to have become. Bryson uses satire‚ humour‚ irony and sarcasm to generate a pace and lucid flow within his writing‚ and for the reader this can be thoroughly captivating and entertaining. Immediately as the book opens‚ Bryson establishes an informal and incredibly comic register. We are readily exposed to his
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The Nigerian poet Wole Soyinka uses the poem the telephone conversation to express the apathy one‚ particularly the black has‚ against Apartheid. Through an ironical dialogue over the telephone the poet criticizes the strong feeling of hatred that has arisen due to racial discrimination. The poem starts on a mild note where the poet negotiates the renting of an apartment with the landlady over the telephone. They were agreeable on the ‘price’ the ‘location’ and privacy. The price was ‘reasonable’
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courtship of Claudio and Hero being traditional and pleasant to then be victimised by misunderstanding and rumour and still ending up in marriage. Benedick and Beatrice’s quarreling also‚ ridiculously‚ ending in marriage. Satire: The use of irony or sarcasm in which human folly is held up to scorn or ridicule. EG: the way Benedick and Beatrices constant witticisms. Farce: Aims at entertaining the audience by means of unlikely‚ extravagant and improbable situations. EG: All the confusion of Hero
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THESIS STATEMENT: • Guy de Maupassant used irony and sarcasm in “Was It a Dream?” to denote that true love can still exist in a deceitful society through the man’s love for his wife. I. Portrayal of true love was exhibited with a sense of exaggeration. A. The man’s dialogue expressed his great love for his wife. 1. He speaks like he was the only who had loved her madly. 2. His thoughts only contain the memories that they’ve shared together. 3. His dialogue expresses how he greatly suffered
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brunette‚ but‚ madam‚ you should see The rest of me. Palm of my hand‚ soles of my feet Are a peroxide blond.” He makes matters even worse by saying that "friction" has somehow turned his buttocks "raven black." This poem uses a lot of irony and sarcasm. The poet mainly uses irony in three places. The first tone of irony is sensed when the man confesses that he is an African. When describing the lady‚ the poet uses a lot of sarcastic language. Irony is lastly used when the man describes himself to
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"Button A. Button B". We are made aware of his anger as he refers to the color of the booth‚ the pillar-box and the double tiered omnibus; all red. This focus on color also refers to the racism being portrayed in the poem. The poet humorously uses sarcasm as he says ’Shamed/By ill mannered silence" when it is obvious that is the woman who is the ill mannered of the two. The woman repeats her question‚ as she had done previously and the man replies cryptically‚ "West African Sepia"‚ aware that the woman
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Analysis of the story ‘The Escape’ by Somerset Maugham The story “The Escape” written by an English writer Somerset Maugham is under the interpretation. This is a story about common people in common situation‚ and Maugham manages to tell it with the sense of humour and in a very interesting way. The story has a straight line narrative structure with author’s digressions at the beginning. The author establishes realistic setting to his piece of writing. He is the observer-writer‚ he uses the
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