In Legend by Marie Lu the author uses situational irony to add unexpected or mysterious actions to keep the plot rich and interesting. At this point in the story‚ June and Thomas are watching a riot begin. June and Thomas are watching from a raised platform outside Batalla Hall. The riot began because of the sentencing of Day‚ they did not want/like that. The main problem that shows situational irony is that instead of just throwing dust bombs or tar gases (like they normally do)‚ the soldiers are
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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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The most important literary term that is used most often out of all of the stories is situational irony. Situational irony is when the opposite of what one expects to happen occurs. The situational irony was all about Madame Forestier’s necklace that Madame Loisel lost. At the end of the story‚ Madame Loisel‚ who despised hard work and everything in the world that is not glamorous‚ finds out that she had given up her life to replace her friends necklace that she eventually discovers is only a fake
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Poe in his story‚ the cask of amontillado brilliantly uses situational and verbal irony to establish his signature disturbing mood. Irony is a contrast between an expected outcome and an actual outcome. During the first part of the story‚ Montresor the protagonist character came across Fortunato the antagonist character‚ “during the supreme madness of the carnival season”(6 Poe). This is a prime example of situational irony because at a carnival the reader is expecting the event to be full of fun
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Both “The Necklace” and “The Gift of the Magi” have plots that depend in large measure on the use of situational irony to create a surprise ending. “The Necklace” tells the story of Madame Mathilde Loise‚ a lowly clerk’s wife‚ who‚ in an effort to appear more debonaire than she is‚ borrows expensive jewels from Madame Jeanne Forestier‚ a wealthy friend. After the inevitable loss of the jewels‚ Madame Loisel and her husband secretly replace the jewels. Years later‚ Madame Loise‚ now impoverished
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Situational Irony - There is situational irony near the end of the story. This happens when Nathan retells the story of how he saved Delia over Eunice. The reader expects Nathan to explain how he didn’t choose who he saved‚ due to the fact that it was too dark. Nonetheless‚ the reader finds out that Nathan knowingly saved Delia first‚ after identifying the fur of Eunice’s coat. This creates a plot twist‚ and increases the reader’s interest in the story‚ despite it happening in the last few lines
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The Horror of War Exposed in Slaughterhouse Five When one begins to analyze a military novel it is important to first look at the historical context in which the book was written. On the nights of February 13-14 in 1944 the city of Dresden‚ Germany was subjected to one of the worst air attacks in the history of man. By the end of the bombing 135‚000 to 250‚000 people had been killed by the combined forces of the United States and the United Kingdom. Dresden was
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) causes a painful recollection of a past harrowing event that haunts victims for the rest of their lives and often causes extreme anxiety‚ depression‚ and in some cases‚ drug abuse and suicide. The suicide rates have increased effectually among soldiers‚ with about twenty-eight veterans killing themselves each day (Rosenshield). Many veterans are diagnosed with PTSD‚ and are forced to live with it for the rest of their lives. It is hard to understand the shift
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Slaughterhouse-Five is a novel written by Kurt Vonnegut. This book could be interpreted in many ways but in tn the most direct explanation‚ the book is about a man who served in the army during World War II who decides to write about a man who serves in World War II who is also dealing with aliens‚ time travel‚ family‚ and such. The “escape” for the first man mentioned in the novel‚ is literature. For many years literature has been accepted and praised throughout the world. Since the beginning literature
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The Humor of Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five has a dark sense of humor that accentuates Vonnegut’s nihilistic view of the human condition. The humor in Slaughterhouse-Five is uniquely dark‚ twisted‚ and overly ironic. So it goes. Throughout the novel‚ Vonnegut would go out of his way to humorously show that the human condition has hit rock bottom. For example‚ take the character Howard W Campbell‚ Jr.‚ an American who betrayed his country for Nazi Germany. In the story‚ Campbell visits
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