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    Situational Irony - There is situational irony near the end of the story. This happens when Nathan retells the story of how he saved Delia over Eunice. The reader expects Nathan to explain how he didn’t choose who he saved‚ due to the fact that it was too dark. Nonetheless‚ the reader finds out that Nathan knowingly saved Delia first‚ after identifying the fur of Eunice’s coat. This creates a plot twist‚ and increases the reader’s interest in the story‚ despite it happening in the last few lines

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    the NRA but as the footage is in black and white‚ compared to the rest of the film it seems that Moore has already begun positioning us. This archival footage implies that the NRA is outdated and the inclusion is therefore seen as another form of irony or social satire. A short sequence then plays with Moore narrating‚ showing milkmen‚ farmers doing their everyday rituals‚ children going to school and “the president bombing another country whose name we couldn’t pronounce” This ironic understatement

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    to spare her life other than beg for her family’s lives. In the end‚ it turned the family vacation to a murder. O’Connor used the literacy devices such as foreshadowing which gives a hint or a suggestion on a event that will most likely happen and irony which is between what actually happened and what is expected to happened. The author is trying to show her readers that everyone has their own values and opinions than others. She’s having the readers understand what her views and

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    Along with using paradoxes the Party is filled with different types of irony‚ which not only messes with the character‚ but also the reader. The Ministries carries a lot of the irony in the novel‚ therefore it is no surprise that without them the government couldn’t keep people oppressed. Now‚ according to Oceania the Ministry of Truth dealt with media and education‚ the Ministry of Peace with war‚ the Ministry of Love with law and punishment and the Ministry of Plenty with economic affairs. Now

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    Honesty in the play of William Shakespeare‚ Othello‚ can primarily be perceived as dramatic irony. This is due to the play being driven by words and actions of dishonesty amongst the characters. Honesty can refer to chastity‚ to personal honesty and to whether or not a person is a good and loving friend. Iago is the cause of all the deceit in the play and this result in him manipulating Othello and Barbantio into believing his web of lies. Due Iago is seen‚ by other characters in the play as honest

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    TONE PARAGRAPH: IRONY There is a sense of irony in Yann Martel’s novel ‘Life of Pi’. “You are so bored you sink into a state of apathy so close to a coma…in your boredom there are elements of terror… and in the grip of terror -the worst storm- you yet feel boredom‚ a deep weariness with it all.”(p217) Pi feels terror yet in the midst of that terror is the ironic part; he’s bored. One would expect Pi to be hopeless while on the lifeboat‚ yet it’s the opposite. He is hopeful and believes one

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    "The Necessity for Irony" begins in narrative tone‚ when on a unremarkable Sunday Eavan‚ with her daughter‚ go browsing for antiques in town. However‚ by the end of the poem‚ Eavan’s tone is lyrical‚ as she sends an apostrophe to the "spirit of irony‚" asking it to "reproach" her for focusing on antiques rather than what was truly beautiful‚ her child. Her dramatic shift in tone is slow and accomplished using various techniques. In the first stanza of "The Necessity for Irony‚" Eavan begins to build

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    Essay- The irony of the ending of the Lord of the Flies. The ending of the novel "Lord of the Flies‚" was somewhat surprising. I was surprised‚ at least. Its very ironic how they are rescued and who they are rescued by. At this point in the novel‚ the boys are no longer acting like humans‚ but are savages. They fight for power‚ and hunt each other down like animals. Jack has taken control and has formed a tribe to hunt the pigs‚ and whoever wont follow his rules. They eventually start killing

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    The dramatic irony is when Fortunato‚ is not aware of his own actions. Montresor entertains himself and the reader as he leads Fortunato into his trap. The setting of the story is ironic‚ in that Montresor has chosen the cheerful carnival season to facilitate his murder

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    script have gained a permanent place in many of the students’ memories‚ and will help them in furthering their education. Double entendres‚ puns‚ oxymorons‚ irony‚ symbolism etc. have been presented in such unique and extravagant way that Shakespeare has implemented the literary terms so effectively for teenagers to understand. Dramatic irony is shown throughout the play‚ and the script’s prime example of this literary device would be the constant uplifting of the play’s villain. “Iago is most honest”

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