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    Dramatic Irony 1- (Act III‚ scene I On line 3) “Pat‚ pat; and here’s a marvellous convenient place for our rehearsal” “Pat‚ pat; and here’s a marvellous convenient place for our rehearsal” Quince says Quince finds this place convenient for rehearsal‚ but the Audience/Reader knows that it truly isn’t. It would be better if they would practice in a theatre or somewhat similar. On top of that there are major problems between Lysander and Demetrius who want to show their love for Helena

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    Voltaire’s novella‚ Candide‚ uses satire to discuss and criticise philosophical Optimism‚ the prevalent Catholic philosophy during his time period‚ the Enlightenment era. Voltaire himself was known to oppose this theory‚ and employed caricatural figures in his writing‚ such as the characters of Pangloss and Martin‚ to mock the ideas that they stand for. The old woman‚ as a character‚ is not a protagonist nor does she show up particularly frequently in the text‚ but she is significant to the theme

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    Gulliver’s Travels is written from the perspective of a shipboard doctor named Lemuel Gulliver‚ and tells of four of his journeys into remote parts of the world. At the time Jonathan Swift wrote (1726)‚ the increase in exploration of all parts of the globe had made stories of travels quite popular; the travels Swift wrote of‚ though‚ were fictional and satirical‚ even though presented as if a factual account written by Gulliver himself. A Voyage to Lilliput: Mocking the Pompous Gulliver’s first

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    How to describe and use climatic graphs All three areas have the maximum temperature in July; England’s maximum temperature is 20 degrees. Norway’s is 16 degrees and Siberia is 24 degrees. The difference between highest and lowest is only 8 degrees. All three areas also have the minimum temperature in January. England’s is 0 degrees‚ Norway’s is -6 and Siberia’s is -51. The difference from highest to lowest for minimum temperature is 51 degrees. Both England and Norway have a difference of 20

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    Jonathan Swift **************************************************************** By P. Baburaj‚ Senior Lecturer‚ Dept. of English‚ Sherubtse college‚ Bhutan Author of: Language and writing‚ DSB Publication Thimphu Communicative English‚ P. K. Books‚ Calicut A perception on Literary Criticism‚ P.K. Books‚ Calicut ****************************************************************** The eighteenth century was an age of satire. Dryden and pope immortalized themselves by their verse while Jonathan Swift was

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    Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” was originally printed in the form of a pamphlet. In 1729‚ the year Swift had publicized this story‚ a pamphlet was a written work that stepped up against political‚ religious‚ social‚ or any other issue of public interest. He had written it to call for change against the abuse inflicted on Irish Catholics by the English Protestants. Swift had noticed that England was exploiting and oppressing his native country‚ Ireland. He aimed to stir up a revolution by suggesting

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    liars‚ but Swift’s poems are not meant to demean women or punish them. Instead‚ Swift is overturning notions of benevolent sexism that pervade 18th century literature. By reducing the status of women in literature to a mortal‚ imperfect state‚ Swift allows women to be seen as human‚ liberating them from the need to meet the unreasonable demands for perfection presented by other‚ traditional male authors. Further‚ Swift shows that reduction of female divinity liberates men as well as women‚ because

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    and Karl Marx Nickie Cross 10/9/02 During the time when Orwell is writing animal farm‚ communism is on the rise and becoming a problem in quite a few writers’ minds. Many of these writers presented their thoughts on the subject in the form of a satire. In other words mocking something in hope for change. Although Orwell agreed with many of Marx’s ideas‚ he did not agree with how the communist party was carrying out Marxism. In a way of expressing his dislike of communism he writes the novel Animal

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    Jonathan Swift was born on November 30‚ 1667 in Dublin‚ Ireland‚ the son of Protestant Anglo-Irish parents: his ancestors had been Royalists‚ and all his life he would be a High-Churchman. In 1673‚ at the age of six‚ Swift began his education at Kilkenny Grammar School‚ which was‚ at the time‚ the best in Ireland. Between 1682 and 1686 he attended‚ and graduated from‚ Trinity College in Dublin‚ though he was not‚ apparently‚ an exemplary student. In 1688 William of Orange invaded England‚ initiating

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    Animal Farm Essay Animal Farm is a novel written by George Orwell. Animal farm is a satirical novel that uses animal stereotypes to make the hierarchy of the farm more realistic. The novel is an allegory of the Russian Revolution; George Orwell makes the story to show what was happening when the Russian Revolution took place. Orwell uses the commandments to show how irony is shown throughout the novel. Parody is used throughout the novel to show how the pigs make the commandments but by the end

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