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    Owl Creeks Bridge Amazing Magician As Farquhar is being discarded off the bridge the rope breaks and Farquhar falls into the water. Farquhar was on the wood as he was about to be dropped and he saw a piece of driftwood and before he was about to be dropped he could float along with the driftwood If he could get the rope off his neck. The soldiers move from the board and Farquhar is dropped as soon as the rope starts to tighten it snaps. Farquhar falls into the water as he’s underwater he takes off

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    An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge is an enticing short story by Ambrose Bierce. Bierce used irony as a literary device to create many moods in this story‚ such as suspense‚ that entice a ready to read this story. Bierce is a great writer for using many literary devices that create and convey a sense of suspense. The sense of suspense was greatly transmitted throughout the story by numerous literary devices. Many events and things in this story give the impression of irony‚ which gives the story

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    Love Is Strong In EverybodyLove is a strong symbol of showing somebody that you care and want to everything that you can for them. Having love for somebody would mean you would try to do anything and everything you can just to see that person be happy. When you’re missing a person you will feel like you are empty inside and wishing you could just hug and see that person again. I know everybody is missing or has missed somebody before‚ especially the people who are gone for a certain amount

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    is usually a good thing‚ but at the same time surprise can be a bad thing. Situational irony is what authors will use to create an unexpected twist in the story that will surprise the reader. Other than surprise‚ situational irony creates many more emotions for the reader. For example‚ O.Henry utilizes situational irony to develop a hysterical feeling in “The Ransom of Red Chief.” Guy de Maupassant uses situational irony to construct the feeling sorrow in his story “The Necklace.” By looking over

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    Situational Irony Showing Sentiment In reality‚ surprise is accompanied by other emotions. Though people present these feelings through reaction or impulse‚ authors present feeling in their stories by using a device called situational irony. Situational irony is the unexpected twist commonly found in stories. In O.Henry’s “The Ransom of Red Chief‚” situational irony is used to create a humorous effect. Guy de Maupassant uses situational irony in his story “The Necklace” to present a sense of justice

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    to his house to keep himself from being killed. Farquhar was being shot at while he was swimming and had already been injured from being hanged. In both situations though‚ they had to push themselves to save them from dying. In “An Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge” (AOAOCB) Bierce

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    died from was not joy. In The Story of an Hour I found two types of ironysituational irony and dramatic irony. In this essay I will discuss these two types of irony

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    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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    authors use irony to impact the story in different ways. Sometimes the author makes the tone very pleasant and dreamy‚ like every thing is good and ok‚ when all of the sudden the story is flipped completely‚ changing the whole outcome of the story. Irony can also be used in a much more subtle way‚ for example it doesn’t change the entire story‚ it just makes the reader think about what just happened a second time. For example‚ Ambrose Bierce’s short story‚ "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" has

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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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