Literary Terms Vocabulary: Irony Irony A contrast between expectation and reality. It can be: • tragic • profound • funny There are three types or irony: 1. verbal 2. situational 3. dramatic Verbal Irony When we say the opposite of what we mean. e.g.‚ When a mother walks into a room and sees that her children‚ instead of doing their homework‚ are playing video games‚ she gives them a stern look and says "Once you’re done with your very important work there‚ let’s take some time
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this piece "The Story of an Hour" because the reader gets a very brief glimpse into the last hour of Mrs. Mallard’s life. When the doctors conclude that Mrs. Mallard has died of heart disease‚ they are correct. However‚ in this instance of dramatic irony‚ the other characters believe she has died because she is so overjoyed that her husband is alive‚ while the reader knows that in truth she has died because she had a glimpse of freedom and could not go back to living under her husband’s will again
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Concern for the Culture Human beings love using sarcasm‚ irony‚ and mockery to cope with their personal struggles they have with society. Tony Hoagland is a confessional poet who conveys his personal experiences through those particular mechanisms. However‚ these experiences Hoagland writes about are not always as light hearted as his diction. Hoagland exploits human mannerisms in his work and uses them to unveil his deep seated issues with the society he lives in. In three of Hoagland’s poems
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GUIDE FOR INTERPRETING LITERATURE THE SCHEME OF STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF A LITERARY TEXT I. Speak of the author in brief. - the facts of his biography relevant for his creative activities; - the epoch (historical and social background); - the literary trend he belongs to; - the main literary pieces (works); II. Give a summary of the extract (or the story) under consideration (the gist‚ the content of the story in a nutshell). III. State the problem raised (tackled) by the author
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Throughout the years‚ women have been seen as someone to have children‚ someone to cook‚ someone to clean‚ and someone who does not deserve rights. In the essay "I Want A Wife‚" Judy Brady points out the different roles of a "wife" according to society at that time. I believe that Brady is sarcastically describing the ideal wife every man dreams of. Even though‚ women have been fighting for their rights for a long time now‚ even today women are still not equal to men in many ways. In today’s society
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changes his appearance drastically‚ in order to hide what he knows‚ and try to find out if what the ghost told him was true. Act 3‚ scene two explores the idea of appearance versus reality with elements including irony‚ language used‚ and the plot. In the scene‚ Hamlet sets many ironies in place to see if what the ghost told him was true about Claudius‚ and find out the reality of the situation. In this scene Hamlet instructs the performers to act out a play with a plot very similar to what he suspects
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keeps the two of them from forgiving each other. The characteristics of their children may have also been the results of the quarrel between them. The hatred went on like a curse as their children grew to be sickly and ugly. The author even used ironies like
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order to be her “own person‚” strangers from all over the world were questioning about the out of the ordinary woman. This was to allude that all societies hold the same expectations for women. Overall‚ society affected the text by using hidden irony. For example‚ the title was ironic because Judith did not have real friends‚ only conniving‚ judgmental people that claimed to be her friends without accepting her for who she was. Text was also affected by society because of the narrative view; there
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The Unknown Citizen "The Unknown Citizen" by W.H. Auden‚ is a commentary on government and the materialism of modern man. The poem is written in the form of an obituary inscribed on a monument built by the government in commemoration of an average‚ upstanding‚ and decent community member. Throughout the passage‚ the speaker lists facts about the citizen’s life which he believes prove that the deceased was a valuable person. In actuality these facts represent nothing more than the socially accepted
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The hamster wheel‚ when viewed by humans‚ seems ridiculous. A rodent scrambles on it until it’s exhausted‚ but never gets anywhere. Though we regard this device as foolish and nonsensical‚ we are often unknowingly trapped in the same sort of circular circuit. In our case‚ however‚ the cycle is not a small metal circle‚ but instead the endless cycle of work we put ourselves through that results in nothing worthwhile. In her short story “The Company Man‚” Ellen Goodman exemplifies the uselessness of
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