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    sound imagery‚ irony‚ and repeated elements‚ which he uses to create an emotional effect for his readers. In Edgar Allan Poe’s story “The Cask of Amontillado” he uses sound imagery to describe Fortunato’s sickness. The quote from “The Cask of Amontillado” to describe Fortunato’s sickness is “Enough‚ ‘he said; ‘the cough is a mere nothing; it will not kill me. I shall not die from a cough.” For this sound imagery you should feel horror

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    Verbal and Situational Irony in “The Simpsons” “The Simpsons” is the longest animated series with twenty-two seasons which has the main characters consisting of Homer‚ Marge‚ Lisa‚ Bart‚ and Maggie Simpson. The show satirizes American culture‚ society‚ television and many aspects of the human condition. Not only does “The Simpsons” have a lot of fans in America‚ but the show is watched around the globe. The Simpsons has kept their population viewing for over twenty years. For this reason

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    and Mr. Jones is based on Tsar Nicholas II. Animal Farm starts out with a situational irony when the animals are very unhappy with the humans and decide to take over the farm and run it themselves. The two pigs Napoleon and Snowball assume the roles of leadership but do not get along very well. This is a situational irony because it is unexpected and ironic for animals to be running a farm. There is also some dramatic irony because the reader knows that the animals are plotting against Farmer Jones

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    English 102 Situational irony is when a character’s actions have the opposite of their intended effect. There are clear instances of situational irony found in the short stories‚ “Prodigal Son”‚ “The Gift of the Magi”‚ and “The Yellow Wallpaper”. All of these stories have characters that found themselves in an unexpected circumstance. The biblical story‚ “Prodigal Son”‚ is about a father who plans to leave his sons an inheritance after he dies but his younger son asked his father

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    hopeless in trying to protect herself. As shown in the book the main protagonist tells her story in a diary. In the Color Purple many ironic devices are used to show the true meaning of the book.The ironic that the author used are situational irony and symbolism. The situational irony plays a big part in the book because it displayed many use of those devices noticed a lot of it used. For example when Mr.__ and Celie go visit shug they both fall in love with her even though she doesn’t want nothing to do

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    Situational irony was a key factor in The Gift of The Magi. Without the irony‚ the story would have been less interesting to readers and have a lesser meaning. The irony connects the story together fully and catches the reader’s eye. Della and Jim‚ the two main characters‚ are married and live in a small flat together. They are poor and only have 2 items that they see to have great value‚ Della’s hair and Jim’s watch. Della’s hair is long‚ curly‚ and beautiful. Jim’s watch is gold and has been passed

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    earning wealth. Swift inserts his use of situational irony‚ metonymy‚ logos‚ and allusion to mock the lack of interest the British government has in reconstructing Ireland. Swift begins his writing with situational irony‚ as he describes his town as great. He discusses the many negatives within‚ as well as the “eye sore” that is seen upon entering‚ “It is a melancholy object to those‚ who walk through this great town”. The use of great town relates to irony‚ as the town is anything but great with

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    The story “The Gift of the Magi” Irony is the opposite of what’s expected. There are three type of irony‚ the first type of irony is verbal irony it can also be called sarcasm or being sarcastic. The next irony is dramatic irony it is when the author lets the reader into the secret. The third irony is situational irony and it is when no one knows something was going to happen. So in this case he used dramatic irony because we knew that Della cut her hair so she can buy a Christmas gift for Jim.

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    Ironic game of death In the short story Death By Scrabble‚ Charlie Fish tells a story of a bitter man who is contemplating killing his wife as they engage in a game of Scrabble. Throughout the game‚ the man notices that the words played on the board manifest into action. After he figures out the words played are coming true‚ he tries to play words so he can kill her. In the end‚ he ends up dying after his wife plays the word “death”. The man expresses his extreme anger and resentment toward

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    Kate Chopin used dramatic and situational irony to express her theme. Many social changes were taking place throughout the 20th century. In American society‚ women were finally able to choose their own career aside from the traditional housewife role. Kate Chopin used irony as a way to unexpectedly shock her readers and reveal the theme in “The Story of An Hour”. Irony is a contrast between what is expected and what actually happened. Dramatic irony is when the reader knows something that a character

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