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    Name Teacher Class Date Dominican Irony Question: The Gangster‚ unlike many of the men in the book‚ is friendly‚ and treats Beli like a woman. However‚ his action creates an irony in the book. Explain. Answer: Many of the man in the book have been rude toward the girls in the book. They thought that their action is the right thing to do‚ since they have the Dominican Pride. All they really cared about was their appearance as a muchacha figure‚ and did not care for the girls’ feeling or

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    by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ the author uses irony to expose the true character that Arthur Dimmesdale truly is.Dimmesdale is known‚ to the townspeople of the Puritan village in Boston‚ as a well spoken and profound minister who is their vision of God. Although Minister Arthur Dimmesdale has many qualities that make him stand out in the puritan community; his sinful secret that burdens him severely every day is heavily shown through the three main types of irony. The people of this Puritan community view

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    Irony has always been of vital importance to Shakespeare .He uses it as his aid in his plays because it builds up the anticipation of the consequences of the character‘s actions‚ reveals character and has also been used to comment on topical issues such as the gun powder plot and witchcraft‚ which king James I for whom the play Macbeth had been written and debuted for was deeply interested in. Shakespeare uses irony as a tool by which he combines treason and witchcraft to render a powerful play

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    Allan Poe‚ is a short story about revenge. The story starts with a man named Montresor vowing retribution on Fortunato because he insulted his family. After acquiring Fortunato‚ Montresor brings him down into his family’s vaults to go try some Amontillado. Then he traps Fortunato in the crypt to kill him. In this short story‚ Poe uses dramatic irony to inform the reader of things the character is unaware of in order to create a suspense. Poe uses dramatic irony in this story to show Montresor’s

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    F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby shows irony through character relationships‚ Gatsby’s life‚ and the abundance of alcohol. The Great Gatsby’s irony shines out through Tom’s treatment of Daisy’s affair. Tom has been publicly unfaithful to Daisy time after time‚ yet Daisy’s affair offends him to the core. Tom says‚ “nowadays people begin by sneering at family life and family institutions‚ and next they’ll throw everything overboard and have marriage between black and white” (130). The 1920’s

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    Huckleberry Finn‚ Twain characterizes Pap as an entitled hypocrite through irony as a literary technique to reveal the undeserved sense of importance felt by people at the time. When Pap arrives to the cabin after getting drunk in town‚ he begins to rant of how unacceptable the government is. Pap complains Judge Thatcher is repressing him of “[his] property” through his attempts to remove him as Huck’s parental guardian. (Twain 28). Irony is employed as Pap refers to the money Huck obtains as his own and

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    Introduction Chapter I. Irony i.i Types of irony i.ii Irony in literature Conclusion to the Chapter I Chapter II. “The Jewelry” by Guy de Maupassant ii.i Plot summary ii.ii Analysis of the story ii.iii Irony in “The Jewelry” Conclusion to Chapter II Conclusion Bibliography Introduction “Expect the unexpected‚” is something that I heard many times. We should follow this rule while reading different genres of writing‚ because writers use irony to keep readers’ attention

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    The story of “Us and Them” consists of three types of irony: situational‚ dramatic‚ and verbal. These types make the story more interesting as a reader. Irony can be used in the sense of tricking the reader into one thing happening‚ but a completely other event takes place. This keeps the reader intrigued and is excited to see what happens next due to the fact that nothing is predictable. In the story‚ the child uses a variety of irony‚ an example of dramatic irony is when Sedaris is spying

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    The Computerized Enrollment System Of Saint Francis College-Guihulngan For Sy 2013-2014 A PROJECT Presented to Engr. Dominic B. Vidal In Partial fulfillment Of the requirements in IT 205 (Software Engineering) For the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Information Technology By: Joan Casagan Sarah Jane Apatan Shayne Ganaganag Bart Ignacio Executive summary A. Table of contents B. List of figures C. List of tables D. List of Notation I. Introduction

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