How does J.B. Priestley create dramatic tension at the end of act two? Events throughout the Act lead to the dramatic tension at the end of act two such as the gradual build up towards the shock of Eric as the father of Eva’s unborn child; Mrs Birling’s swift change form outright confidence to devastation at the end of act two and Eric’s entrance just as Mrs Birling has claimed that the father of Eva’s unborn child should take sole responsibility for the suicide. Priestley creates this dramatic
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today’s society have become whom they are because of how they grew up. Many have been shaped into who they are because of their culture‚ their upbringing‚ or their families. In Sandra Cisneros’s story‚ “Straw Into Gold”‚ she uses allusion‚ imagery‚ and irony to strongly depict how much of her life has truly shaped her into the writer she is today. In using these three rhetorical devices‚ she creates a better understanding of the impact her childhood had on her literature. Her allusion hints at the many
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Currents in Literature page 169 "Dead Mans Path" is a ironic short story that contains a cause-and-effect progression. In the beginning of the story‚ we see that the Ndume Central School was deemed very unprogressive. That was why the main character‚ Mr. Obi‚ came to the school as the new headmaster. This is the cause-and-effect pattern. It truly makes the title more ironic as the story unfolds. Because the school is so unsuccessful‚ Mr. Obi’s wife‚ Nancy‚ wanted to support her husband
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to be cynically sarcastic. A play upon contrasts and contradictions lies at the basis of Maugham’s sarcastic method in portraying his characters. Credit must be given to Maugham for being extremely resourceful in moulding the portrait. Maugham’s irony is bitter. It is rather prominent in the solemn ring of emphatic parallel constructions into which all the flowery expressions are arranged. A reiteration of the emphatic
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A Girl’s Story By David Arnason Basic Content Questions Why does the narrator want to give the heroine blonde hair instead of black hair? 2) What does the narrator make the heroine take off? Consider the effect both for suspense and to foreshadow. 3) Why are biblical names a problem for the narrator? 4) Who is Linda? Who is Greg? 5) To whom does the narrator “speak”? 6) Why does the narrator say that‚ “Dialogue is about the hardest stuff to write”? 7) Linda sits on the riverbank‚ but Michael must
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very clear to the audience that poetic justice was portrayed by Oedipus himself in the story. King Oedipus shows this in many ways throughout the story. Sophocles is able to establish poetic justice through Oedipus’ blindness‚ his use of dramatic irony‚ and determined ingenuity. King Oedipus shows poetic justice in the end of the story when he realizes that his prophecy had come true. After finding out that he had killed his father and married his mother‚ he becomes ashamed of himself and ends up
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arrogance. Furthermore‚ “Tara doesn’t hate her parents. She irritates them‚ they irritate her”. The caesura and parallelism with “she irritates them‚ they irritate her” conveys Tara’s emotional sentiment. The rhyme between “hates” and “irritates”‚ the irony and repetition of “irritate” amplifies her condescension causing the divorce. Moreover‚ the diction with Tara who “shoves her hands in her pockets” and “slouches against the wall” illustrates an unambiguous image of Tara being uncomfortable‚ amplifying
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early in the poem. The speaker of the poem imagines he see Whitman himself in the supermarket: "I saw you‚ Walt Whitman‚ childless‚ lonely old grubber‚ /poking among the meats in the refrigerator and eyeing the grocery/ boys." (Ginsberg‚ 10-12). The irony of the scene becomes clear: an idealized vision of Whitman contrasted with the urban
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looks like carelessness.”‚ and the way certain situations‚ that are often considered to be serious‚ are dealt with. Wilde uses several comedic devices to create the humour that occurs throughout the play. Wilde uses language devices‚ such as puns‚ irony and innuendos to create humour throughout each act. The main pun in the play is in the title. Being “Earnest” implies that you are being serious or sincere‚ which was a very important Victorian value. However‚ this was not the case in regards to
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truly be assessed once the fat lady has sung.’ [2] One cannot help but agree when faced with pizza‚ that this highlights an important issue. History tells us that pizza will always be a vote winner‚ whether we like it‚ or not. One of the great ironies of this age is pizza. Isn’t it ironic‚ don’t you think? Conclusion To conclude pizza has played a large part in the development of man in the 20th Century and its influence remains strong. It replenishes the self‚ ’literally’ plants seeds for
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