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    Irony Matt looked on as Mr Lensher was handcuffed by the police. The wrinkles on his face were suddenly so detailed that Matt suspected if he had made the right decision. Aged sixty‚ a sentence for theft would have caused to die in jail. Ironically‚ Matt could remember the exact same words Mr Lensher once told him‚ "No matter how old or young a person is‚ or whatever reason he has for committing a crime‚ if he breaks the law‚ he deserves to be punished. " It was these exact words that made Matt

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    The Devil And Tom Walker Irving writes this story in the 1720`s in New England.Irving shows satire in the passage with Tom walker and his wife fighting all of the time. Satire means a writing that ridicules or criticizes individuals. Irving wrote the passage and its called ( The Devil And Tom Walker). Irving criticises 3 topics and they are white establishment‚ marriage and ‚religon. How many people do you think make fun of people. In the story they are making fun of slaves. Irving made it to

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    Irony moving the story forward To keep a reader intrigued and interested in what you are writing is a secret. That secret to success is not much of a secret at all‚ its all about keeping the story consistent and flowing naturally with transitions. You don’t want a long boring ol story making your audience sleep‚ a humours‚ suspenseful‚ full of ironic scenes would be sure to keep a reader on there feet wanting to see what will happen next. Authors use a box full of tools which contain literally

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    Beneficial to the Public”. In his proposal‚ Swift employs a savage irony to present his social commentary. He writes about the starving people of Ireland‚ and makes a wild and absurd proposal to help remedy the problems of overpopulation and poverty. Furthermore‚ Swift wanted to make a political statement by using the children as satire to grasp the attention of his intended audience‚ which includes‚ the English people‚ the Irish politicians‚ and the rich. Swift intention was to expose the conditions

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    An Analysis of the Uses of Dramatic Irony throughout Oedipus Rex Dramatic irony is extremely prevalent throughout the entirety of the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. Dramatic Irony can be defined as when the audience knows something that the characters do not. Through the chorus‚ the audience is told in the introduction that Oedipus is guilty. Throughout the rest of the play‚ the audience is aware of Oedipus’ guilt while he is trying to solve the crime on his own. Sophocles uses the literary device

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    escape” (Raffel‚ Beowulf‚ pg123‚ canto 11‚ 762-764) but the noble Beowulf would not let him leave without a fight. They were tossing each other around as if they were ragdolls. But for the last time Beowulf grabbed the great Grendels arm and with a swift tug he tore it straight off. Beowulf knowing what he had done let Grendel run away. Also knowing that grendel would find a corner to roll up in a ball and die a painful death. The next day the people would follow Grendels bloody steps and see that

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    Authors of short stories use elements of style to make their stories interesting. There are many elements of style used by authors. Irony and theme are often used in short stories. This is clearly shown in O. Henry’s short stories such as: “The Gift of the Magi‚” “The Lickpenny Lover‚” “The Midsummer Knights Dream‚” “The Cop and the Anthem‚” and “Ships.” The short stories of O. Henry use the element of theme to bring about ironic endings. In “The Gift of the Magi” there are elements of theme throughout

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    Thank You for Smoking is a both fierce and sophisticated satire written by Jason Reitman. The moral of the film is on the matter of cigarettes and cancer and how it is associated with the responsibility of choice. Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart) leads as a lobbyist for Big Tobacco who will fight to protect America’s right to smoke -although it may kill him and others. Nick does not take sides in the matter‚ but rather spins the situation around in which makes all others wrong. Although the realistic

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    done. The cartoon uses the IRONY that Obama is supposed to be a powerful man that stands up to anything as the president of the country‚ but he is instead scared to make the Republican Party angry and continues to compromise. PARODY is also used‚ a composition that imitates the serious manner and characteristic features of a particular work‚ or the distinctive style of its maker‚ and applies the imitation to a lowly or comically inappropriate subject. In this case‚ the use of parody is more powerful

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    But in reality‚ Boo ends up being a good person. Accordingly‚ he gave Jem and Scout many small little gifts via the knothole in the tree. These gifts inlcuded “Indian Pennies”‚ gum‚ and small carvings of Jem and Scout themselves. Additionally‚ he went out of his way to help the kids. When Jem was trying to escape from the place after attempting a glance through the window‚ his pants got caught in the fence‚ and he was forced to pull out without them. Surprisingly‚ he found that when he went back

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