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    Irony in crucible

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    Irony in The Crucible Irony is a contrast between what is stated and what is meant‚ or between what is expected to happen and what actually happens. The Crucible is a play by the American playwright Arthur Miller‚ and is filled with examples of irony throughout the play to build suspense and create anxiety. Arthur Miller used three kinds of irony‚ and they are dramatic‚ situational‚ and verbal irony. The Crucible is filled with many examples for each kind of irony through the play. The dramatic

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    end‚ Romeo and Juliet take their lives because their love was destroyed by their families hatred towards each other. In this story‚ Shakespeare uses a proliferate amount of irony to show that love is a strong bond that can bring peace and defeat enemy feuding. Shakespeare’s play is full of irony: dramatic‚ situational‚ and verbal. For example‚ he demonstrates dramatic irony by foreshadowing how the messenger never got the message to Romeo. Romeo freaked out and went to his true loving thinking she

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    Sweat lodges are commonly used in most Native American cultures as well as others. Many people who participate in sweat lodge ceremonies do so for various reasons and all have different outcomes. All tribes are unique and they all seek different benefits‚ individually and in a group. The main purpose of the sweat lodge is purification. When you are in the lodge you can say anything you want to get off of your chest. So usually what’s said in the lodge stays in the lodge. It is commonly used to get

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    The Irony in Trifles

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    Brown Professor Evermind English 1302 2 March 2012 The Irony in Trifles The play Trifles written by Susan Glaspell is set in the nineteenth century. A trifle is a thing of little value or importance‚ so in the play Trifles the irony of the story is quite humorous. In this time period women were not treated as equals‚ men believed women did not have as much intellect as themselves‚ and treated them accordingly. With this in mind the irony of the play revolves around how much better the women were

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    The Crucible and Irony

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    IRONY in The Crucible | |Occurs when someone states one thing and means another; often recognized as sarcasm | |Verbal irony |i.e. narrator refers to honesty as an “incumbrance” or “burden” | | |A contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually does happen | |Situational

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    Nike Sweat Shops

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    Nike Debate Business Aspect: ⦁ Nike is a business and their priority is to minimize cost and maximize revenue for its public shareholders ⦁ COUNTER AGRUMENT: Instead of attacking Nike‚ protest against taxes and regulations that lower the firms return on invested capital‚ leading to lower wages for the employees? (mise.org) ⦁ COUNTER AGRUMENT:Why dont we make Nike shoes in America? Shoe business in the U.S. has been non profitable since 1984. Nike had two factories in Maine and New Hampshire but

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    irony of the interlopers

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    Kate Saari 9/24/14 Period D Irony of the Interlopers In the story “The Interlopers”‚ hunters‚ Ulrich von Gradwitz and his enemy Georg Znaeym‚ come face to face in Ulrich’s woods. They each have hate in their heart and murder on their mind but nature’s own violence overwhelms them both. They get stuck underneath a fallen beech tree and can’t escape. Both of them have men on their way to help them out but‚ whose will be the first to arrive? As both men sit and argue with each other‚ Ulrich decides

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    Irony in Hamlet

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    Fortinbras. Throughout the play there are numerous examples of irony and ambiguity. One has to ask why would Shakespeare use these literary devices in the play Hamlet? Irony in the context of tragedy enhances the dramatic effect. Ambiguity in regard to the characters and the plot leaves the audience open to interpretation. Was Hamlet truly mad? Was the ghost really King Hamlet or was it a “goblin damned”(I‚ iv‚ 44)? I believe that Shakespeare used irony to heighten the tragic effect of the play‚ increase the

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    The short storySweat” by Zora Neale Hurston tells a tale about Delia Jones and her husband Sykes. This tale tells of Delia’s troubles with Sykes and her ultimate independence from him. This story has prominent uses of many resources of language but the most prominent is the use of tone. The tone of this passage is created in a few different ways‚ and each adds to the overall emotionally charged tone. The use of language within this passage helps make the tone more authentic. The language

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    Situation Irony

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    "The Wall": Situational Irony Conan Tsui English 12 December 6 2012 In the short story "The Wall" written by Jean-Paul Satre‚ the situational irony reveals that loyalty and bravery are difficult to comprehend‚ especially during wartime. Though Pablo’s loyalty towards his cause and to Ramon were pure. Pablo decides not to give up Ramon‚ even though the information might save himself from being executed. After days of psychological torture‚ Pablo is broken down and accepts that he will

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