With his grocery cart over stuffed with cans and bottles‚ Ernest found it difficult to push on the gravel road‚ tired and thirsty he stopped by his house to get a drink before going to the center. Although‚ exhausted‚ still there was a bounce in step and he hummed‚ knowing he would be extra funds for his projects. Looking down the street‚ he saw Justin coming towards him and waited. Caring for that boy bothered him‚ he admitted the quantity of time recently spent with him was rewarding and brought
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Irony of The Cask of Amontillado Many of Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories contain a wide variety of irony‚ motifs‚ and symbolism. The unity of these elements within many of his tales creates specific moods in and throughout his works. One story in particular‚ The Cask of Amontillado not only displays Poe’s exquisite attention to detail and mastery of literary unity‚ but it clearly portrays his expertise in the use of irony within this story. The most evident use of irony is through the character’s
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blacksmith of the block: these active hours fly like sparks in the furnace‚ I hammer metals with zest letting the sweating muscles forge a forgetfulness of worlds more magnetic. The heart‚ being at rest‚ life peaceable‚ your words filter softly through my fibres. Taken care of‚ in no way am I unhappy‚ being changed to neutral. You must decide today‚ tomorrow‚ bear responsibility‚ take gaps in pavement crowds‚ refine ideas. Our food we get on time. Most evenings I read books‚ Jane Austen
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which demonstrates why some people are not informed or interested in discussing political matters. Elisabeth Gidengil‚ writer of Citizens‚ explicitly repeats in her novel that Age‚ Material circumstances‚ education and gender gaps are factors of being politically engaged (Gidengil 173). Without a doubt‚ not everyone has those same components to become an active citizen and it’s unfortunate that some choose not to get politically involved. Consequently‚ the absence of political knowledge has a big
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amazing narrative‚ all of this is put into a story less than ten pages. However‚ that being said‚ The Cask of Amontillado is better at portraying imagery‚ using suspense to its advantage‚ and using several forms of irony to tie all of these aspects together into a very enjoyable read. In The Cask of Amontillado‚ the author uses irony in all forms‚ which are dramatic‚ situational‚ and verbal. The author uses verbal irony almost every time Montressor speaks‚ hence he continuously makes his concern for Fortunato’s
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not necessarily bad‚ but Plato highlights the worse of them by referring to the changes as “variety and disorder”. He was not completely out of the line‚ however. In the Republic‚ Plato summarizes how democracy is created: “… democracy comes into being after the poor have conquered their opponents‚ slaughtering some and banishing some‚ while to the remainder they give an equal share of freedom and power” (Plato 216). Democracy did come to be as a result of revolutions due to tension between different
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The Pardoner’s Tale: Irony Nearly every aspect of the Pardoner’s tale is ironic. Irony exists within the story itself and in the relationship between the Pardoner and the story. The ending of the story presents a good message despite the Pardoner’s devious intentions to swindle money from the other pilgrims. By using irony in the Pardoner’s tale‚ Chaucer effectively criticizes the church system. The irony begins as soon as the Pardoner starts his prologue. He tells the other pilgrims
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Dramatic Irony is Hamlet What is Dramatic Irony? -Dramatic Irony is when the words and actions of the characters in a work of literature are known to the audience or reader‚ but they are not known to certain characters in the story. The reader or audience has a greater knowledge of many of the characters themselves. -Shakespeare employs dramatic irony in many of his tragedies‚ so that the audience is engaged‚ and so they are able to witness characters errors in their action‚ predict the fate
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Irony as a device and its political potential “Is there any way to get hold of any corner of this large slippery subject (irony) with precision enough to allow two readers to agree and to know how they have agreed?”7 Irony is not an easy term to define within specific limits. The fact that the notion of irony has been extensively discussed and used in several fields in various ways is not accidental. Irony is used‚ inter alia‚ in various forms of art such as literature‚ performance art‚ theater‚
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Chaucer’s Use of Irony in The Canterbury Tales In The Canterbury Tales‚ Geoffrey Chaucer compiles a mixture of stories on a pilgrimage into a figurative depiction of the medieval society in which he lived. Chaucer’s stories have a punch and pizzazz‚ which‚ to an average reader‚ seem uncommon to the typical medieval writer‚ making his story more delightful. Certain things account for this pizzazz‚ especially the author’s use of irony. Many of Chaucer’s characters are ironic in the sense that they
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