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    can teach you many important subjects in life that can lead you forward into the life story you are creating. Courage is something a lot of us have but we have it hidden inside us only to use when we need to the most. In addition to courage comes irony one of the flaws life has in store for people who act always on their words. Furthermore comes hypocrisy when someone claims something is wrong‚ but does it themselves formerly leading to that person to lose respect from others. Provided that the book

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    Eoin Colfer took that opportunity with flying colors. Throughout the story‚ we saw multiple uses of dramatic irony. To readers‚ it seemed like Artemis Fowl is always one step ahead of The People. The use of dramatic irony gave readers a sense of what to expect next from him. However‚ because it would usually be only one storyline coming up with future actions‚ this technique made readers start to predict what was

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    Irony and Symbolism in “The Cask of Amontillado” In the short story "The Cask of Amontillado‚" Edgar Allan Poe writes in first person point of view‚ from the perspective of Montresor‚ the narrator of this tale‚ who seeks revenge against Fortunato. Montresor began to develop the perfect plan for revenge. During the carnival season‚ Montresor meet with Fortunato and decides to implement his plan carefully not to arouse Fortunato’s suspicions through irony. Poe’s story describes the inner workings

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    Great Expectations The title of Charles Dickens’ novel‚ Great Expectations‚ refers to Pip’s many expectations. Pip expects to inherit money‚ but he first has to be educated a gentleman. Pip has “great expectations” of himself and Jaggers also tells Pip that “he is a young man of great expectations”. During the time of his education‚ Pip focuses too much on himself and values too little what he already has. For an example‚ Joe always lets Pip talk to him and Joe never takes advantage of Pip

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    Surname 5 Name Tutor Class Date Irony “The Story of an Hour” is a short story by Kate Chopin’s. It is a story about marriage‚ one filled with rather many instances of irony. It is about a lady‚ Mrs. Mallard‚ and how she reacts to the news she receives about the apparent death of her husband. She suffers a heart condition and thus when her sister and friend‚ Robert come over to give her the unfortunate news‚ they do it carefully to prevent a possible heart failure due to the shock of the news. Mrs

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    created his success on no more than his high school diploma. He did‚ however‚ learn many valuable lessons in life which he incorporates in his works. Ray Bradbury uses figurative language such as irony‚ personification‚ and imagery to artistically present his vision of life’s morals. Bradbury’s use of irony in his pieces establishes how mankind commonly contradicts himself. In “The Veldt”‚ George and Lydia hear screams that “sound familiar” but ignore them. The couple also finds their wallet and

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    I am on page 200. This book is about A kid named John running a farm on his own. He has to protect the sheep and chase coyotes away. John starts to get more mature along the way. In this paper I will be evaluating the symbolism and evaluating the irony. The symbols in this book are Johns Great Grandpa‚ and tink a worker at the Barron Spread. Johns grandpa he thought of as a hero‚ and also a very hard worker. His granda claimed land and built a farm all by himself. The farm that Johns grandpa owned

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    Chopin‚ in her short story “The Story of an Hour‚” features effectively implementing imagery‚ irony‚ and a powerful timetable‚ showing the reality of the bonds of marriage. She wants to highlight the importance of personal freedom‚ and the struggle underneath the surface of daily life. Chopin opens her short story by demonstrating the irony of the Mrs. Mallard’s situation by using imagery. Chopin showed the irony through imagery‚ as Mrs. Mallard hit a sensory overload while she wept: she could see “trees

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    Okonkwo became a very successful clan leader in his village‚ by working hard and refusing to be lazy like his father Unoka. Achebe uses irony to encourage character development‚ drive the contrast between Okonkwo’s dreams and his reality as others see him‚ and explain the culture’s beliefs in the way they treat women vs. the way women are revered. Throughout the novel‚ irony is used to initiative character development‚ especially Okonkwo’s. Okonkwo grew up with an extremely lazy father that never went

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    for the author to communicate feelings‚ ideas‚ and stories to a reader. The poet A.E. Housman wrote the poems “When I Was One-And-Twenty” and “To An Athlete Dying Young”. In the poem “To An Athlete Dying Young” the poetic devices of repetition and irony are important to the poem. The poetic devices imagery and apostrophe are important to the poem‚ “When I Was One-And-Twenty”. The relationship that Housman had with his roommate‚ Moses Jackson‚ had a large influence on his poetry. A.E. Housman was

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