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    Some think that women are all the same‚ while others say everyone is their own person and unique. Well‚ both statements are true – in some ways‚ women can be the same‚ while they each have their own unique personalities and traits. Lucie Manette and Madame Defarge may seem as different as Alice in Wonderland and the Queen of Hearts‚ but both are passionate‚ strong for the ones they believe in‚ and both demand respect. While differences undoubtedly outweigh the similarities between Lucie and

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    “All the people within reach had suspended their business‚ or their idleness‚ to run to the spot and drink the the wine.” In this passage‚ a cask of wine spills in the streets of St. Antoine. Business owners and townspeople hurry out to the street to drink the wine. Everyone gets a drink and helps each other out. The poor are united‚ and Dickens fears the tension between them and the rich. When the wine is spilled in the street‚ this highlights how poor the poor are and foreshadows the conflict associated

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    Open Window” the author uses all three types of irony. The writer uses the following types of irony in their story: dramatic‚situational‚ and verbal. Dramatic irony is when the reader knows something more than a character in the story. Situational irony is when the opposite of what you were expecting to happen‚ happens. Verbal irony is the use of sarcasm. The writer uses all type of irony in the story. The author has great use of situational irony in the story. In paragraphs 22-24 the husband and

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    Irony used in Macbeth During a scary movie‚ the audience knows where the killer is hiding‚ but the characters are clueless. This always keeps the audience on the edge of their seat‚ because they know that the character is going to die. This is an example of dramatic irony. William Shakespeare in Macbeth uses dramatic ironysituational irony‚ and verbal irony. Irony is used to add suspense as well as keeping the reader involved‚ to deepen the reader’s understanding of the characters and to emphasize

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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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    Many tales are told in Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales. Probably the greatest on is "The Pardoner’s Tale". A greedy Pardoner who preaches to feed his own desires tells "The Pardoner’s Tale". This story contains excellent examples of verbal‚ situational‚ and dramatic irony. Verbal irony occurs when a writer or speaker says one thing but really means something quite different. One example of this type of irony is found in lines 216-217: " ‘Trust me‚’ the other said‚ ‘you needn’t doubt my word

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    Irony in “The Pardoners TaleIrony is a literary technique characterized by a contrast between what is written and what is to be understood by the reader. There are three types of literary irony; verbal‚ dramatic‚ and situational. In Jeffery Chaucer uses all three types of literary irony in “The Pardoners Tale.” Verbal Irony is a device used to convey a contrast between what is said and what is meant. There are a few examples of verbal irony in “The Pardoners Tale.” For example‚ one of the rioters

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    In Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities‚ the peasantry of Paris is transformed into a vicious ochlocracy by the Revolution they spark. Although this is clearly evident in passages that depict scenes of violence and fighting‚ this idea is exemplified in the passage that depicts Lucie Manette and her child coming into contact with radicals performing the Carmagnole (a song and dance celebrating revolutionary victories) in “The Wood-Sawyer.” Literally‚ this passage shows the revolutionaries taking

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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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    ------------------------------------------------- A Tale of Two Cities: Themes  Tyranny and Revolution Much of the action of A Tale of Two Cities takes place in Paris during the French Revolution‚ which began in 1789. In A Tale of Two Cities‚ Dickens shows how the tyranny of the French aristocracy—high taxes‚ unjust laws‚ and a complete disregard for the well-being of the poor—fed a rage among the commoners that eventually erupted in revolution. Dickens depicts this process most clearly through

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