The Exploration of the elements of innocence from the fallen victims of Grenouille as he begins and ends his quest for the ultimate scent in Perfume: The story of a murder By Mariama Bah Subject: HL English Year 1 Candidate Number: 000213XXX School: International School of Kenya Word Count: 1316 Reflective Statement: Perfume Perfume by Patrick Süskind‚ exposed me to a series of literary texts‚ themes and ideas. It also opened me to a variety of cultural developments that happened throughout
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Jean-Baptiste Grenouille As a newborn left to die by his unmarried fishmonger mother‚ Grenouille cried and was heard by bystanders and rescued. His mother was executed for her crime. He was taken in by the church‚ which paid for him to be raised by a woman‚ Madame Gaillard‚ among two dozen other orphans. When the parish stopped paying for his room and board‚ Madame Gaillard‚ an emotionally cold woman because of a head injury‚ gave him to Grimal the tanner as an apprentice. As a tanner’s apprentice
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In his novel‚ Perfume‚ Suskind‚ a German author mocking French culture‚ places Grenouille in the care of Madame Gaillard‚ a widow who runs an orphanage outside of Paris‚ for the majority of his childhood. Suskind satirizes French culture through Grenouille’s lack of positive experience at the orphanage‚ emphasizing the ignorance and greed that plagued their society. To start‚ Susskind introduces Madame Gaillard‚ one of the greediest people Grenouille encounters throughout his entire life. “Even
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Many times authors use irony to prove a point. There are three types of irony: dramatic‚ verbal‚ and situational. Situational irony is present in “The Sniper”‚ “The Most Dangerous Game”‚ “Gift of the Magi”‚ and “The Necklace” to help create the theme in the stories. In the story The Sniper situational irony plays a major part in the story.”The lust of battle died in him. He became bitten by remorse” (O’Flanerty). This shows situational irony because he was ready to kill‚ but when the sniper
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Ironies in “The Story of an Hour” There are three known types of irony: dramatic‚ verbal‚ and situational. Dramatic irony is when something is understood by the reader but not grasped by the characters in the story. Verbal irony‚ however‚ is when the character in a story says one thing but means another. Lastly‚ situational irony is when in a situation‚ the actions have an effect that is opposite from what was expected or intended. In Kate Chopin’s short story “The Story of an Hour”‚ dramatic and
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William Shakespeare and Perfume by Patrick Süskind. Fascinated by different passions and how people are driven by different passions‚ I am able to study this through different literature texts. The three characters I am going to study are ‘Briony’ in the novel Atonement by Ian McEwan‚ first published in 2001‚ but set in 1934-1999‚ ‘Iago” in the play Othello by William Shakespeare‚ first viewed by an audience in 1604‚ and finally ‘Grenouille’ in the novel Perfume by Patrick Süskind‚ first published in
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Grenouille as characterized by Patrick Süskind Patrick Süskind ’s Perfume is the gripping tale of a sociopathic young man‚ Jean- Baptiste Grenouille‚ who ’s passion for scent ultimately leads him to slaughter twenty five young virgins. Süskind chooses to develop Grenouille ’s character slowly and methodically‚ allowing Grenouille ’s sociopathic tendencies to emerge and ripen along with the plot. The reader ’s first impression of the character is manipulated by Süskind ’s clever use of sensory and
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Irony is the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite typically for humorous or emphatic effect. Throughout William Shakespeare’s play Othello the three main types of irony can be seen conveyed in numerous ways. Dramatic irony is the first where the audience understands the situation at hand but the characters do not yet understand. Situational irony is when something happens throughout the story that is incongruent to the plot. Verbal irony is when someone
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great suspense and irony that Shirley Jackson tells the story of a lottery in a small town. The result of the lottery is also left open to be interpreted by the reader. All this could not be done without the use of the third person objective point of view in which the story ‚“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson‚ is told. Shirley Jackson uses situational irony as well as verbal irony to keep the readers on their toes and especially to keep the ending a surprise. Achieving this irony would be very difficult
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John Collier’s “The Chaser” is based on the situational irony of a young man with unreal hope. John Collier creates the short story almost entirely in dialogue between a young man‚ Alan Austen‚ who is head over heels in love and wants to possess his crush to be completely devoted to him‚ and an old man who believes in a life with zero romantic involvement. The situation reflects hidden discontentment that the story may in fact be called cynical. This is made plain by the situation‚ the unnamed old
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