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    The Bread Winner Analysis

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    play‚ i.e. Kate being the main bread winner etc. Your right the quotes are confusing. Also look into the pagan traditions‚ the radio is also a large symbol within the play. Posted 1 year ago # curlypops member Joined: Jun ’08 Posts: 11 Profile for cultural context we focused on: *religion vs pagan rituals (i.e. father jack) *the poverty *the isolation *the roles of women *kate taking on the traditional role of the "man" being the only bread winner.. i dont have a clue what to right

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    tall silent closet‚ sprinkled with dust. Its wooden doors decorated with pieces of glass of all shapes. It’s lonely; nothing kept it company‚ not even the visiting spiders. You have a quick fright as you turn around and see the bruised rocking chair‚ rocking with no wind. Its old-fashioned look draws you in to look closer‚ and closer‚ till you get close enough that it quickly changes grotesquely into a mirror. The

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    Authors use irony to make stories more exciting. To begin‚ in the movie The Labyrinth‚ there was some verbal irony. Verbal irony is when a character says something that they don’t really mean. The first example of verbal irony was when Sara referred to the labyrinth as a “piece of cake” while she was truly having many difficulties. Another was when Hoggle the goblin said that he could never hurt Sara‚ but he still gave her the poisonous peach anyway. And finally the last was Hoggle said he didn’t

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    The Irony in ’The Lottery ’ Shirley Jackson wrote the story ’The Lottery. ’ A lottery is typically thought of as something good because it usually involves winning something such as money or prizes. In this lottery it is not what they win but it is what is lost. Point of views‚ situations‚ and the title are all ironic to the story ’The Lottery. ’ The point of view in ’The Lottery ’ is ironic to the outcome. Jackson used third person dramatic point of view when writing ’The Lottery. ’ The

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    Bunker Hill Winner

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    Who Was the Winner of Bunker Hill? Who won the battle at Bunker Hill? Many say that it was a moral win for the Americans. Others argue that the battle at Bunker Hill was in some ways a victory for the British. Both the American strategy and British strategy played huge roles in who “won” the Battle of Bunker Hill. According to the Americans they won‚ but according to the British the British won. The Americans only partially accomplished their strategy‚ but they had a moral win of the battle

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    Medea's Irony

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    one’s husband does not “ever think he’s trapped in the marriage.” (Euripides p.17) The stark contrast between the female and male experience of marriage is used by Medea to highlight the inequality faced by women. She does this again by explaining the irony in men telling women that they are “lucky to live safe at home while [men] take up their spears and go

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    Irony in Macbeth

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    Dramatic Irony is the result of information being shared with the audience but withheld from one or more of the characters. Example: In Act 1 Scene 4‚ line 50 ‚ the witches hail Macbeth‚ “thane of Cawdor!” Dramatic irony: At this point‚ Macbeth is unaware that the king has conferred this honor upon him because of his valor in battle‚ so he attributes his fortune to the witches’ prophecy. However‚ the audience knows Duncan made the pronouncement in Act 1‚ Scene 3. Purpose: This dramatic irony is to

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    Mallard's Irony

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    she sees the arrival of her husband is perfectly fine conditions. Mrs. Louise death was caused by the joyful shock of seeing her husband. In “The Story of an Hour‚” by Kate Chopin uses irony to address Louise Mallard unhappiness and brutal marriage‚ and how she wants freedom in her life. Kate Chopin uses verbal irony to illustrate

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    Montresor's Irony

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    to never mess with the Montresor family or else it will end badly for the person maligning them. “The Cask of Amontillado” had a mysterious atmosphere which was a fine work of irony by Poe. Poe is a very well-known author in the literature world. Being known for his unique style of writing especially his irony. Dramatic irony in the story mostly occurs through Montresor’s actions. “He did not perceive that my smile was at the thought of his immolation”(Poe 174)‚ Montresor thought every time he greeted

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    Irony in Short Stories

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    The uses of irony can easily captivate or excite us. Many times in order to understand the morals or theme of a story you need to be able to recognise the irony. In the short stories‚ “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl‚ “The Gift of the Magi” by O Henry and “The Suit” by Can Themba various forms of irony are present. These forms of irony include: verbal‚ situational and dramatic irony. The first story “Lamb to the Slaughter” is about Mary Meloney‚ a devoted caring wife that ends up killing her

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