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    Effective Dramatic Irony

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    Effective Dramatic Irony In Oedipus The King‚ Sophocles creates rising action by asking dramatic questions throughout the play. These questions generate suspense in the audience when they become dramatic irony and amplify the climax. During the falling action‚ Oedipus is engulfed in misery when he experiences a reversal of fortune. Finally‚ Oedipus goes through a discovery process ending when he discovers his tragic resolution. According to Aristotle‚ a tragedy consist of a drama that contains

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    Philip Zimbardo was a psychology professor at Stanford University. His plan was to set up a research experiment to study how people conformed to the roles they are given. The experiment was set up in the basement of Stanford Psychology building. Zimbardo’s goal was‚ “... to understand more about the process by which people called “prisoners” lose their liberty‚ civil rights‚ independence‚ and privacy‚ while those called “guards” gain social power by accepting the responsibility for controlling and

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    Irony of Plato

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    is governed by the many. Plato is also voicing his opinion regarding those who get to govern through democracy: the power to rule is given to those who are worth it‚ “equals”‚ and those who may be undeserving of it‚ “unequals”. Even the wording he uses buries a negative connotation towards democracy. Thus‚ the quote sheds an off-putting light on democracy and Plato’s favoritism for aristocracy becomes evident. Democratic rule is an agent of change because parties with different interests get to

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    Mark Denham Review Of VIRCA Page |1 NON-TRANPORT OF PATIENTS An overview in the use of VIRCA The Need for Correct Documentation. Comprehensive documentation provides a defence for Paramedics in a very contentious world. Without documentation‚ it is very hard to show that something occurred. Thorough timely documentation and the use of the VIRCA method should not be seen as additional and unnecessary paperwork. Instead‚ it should offer the Paramedic some peace of mind. It has been established

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    Philips was founded by Gerard Philips and his father in 1892 in Eindhoven‚ Holland . Then‚ they recruited Anton Philips (Herard ’s brother)‚ an excellent salesman and manager‚ and soon after they became the third largest light-bulb producer in Europe. However from its beginning on it always took care for his workers. As an example in Eindhoven it built company houses‚ bolstered education‚ and paid its employees so well that other local employers complained. When larger electrical product companies

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    Irony in Act Three

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    Richard III Irony‚ as defined by Perrine?s Literature‚ is ?a situation or a use of language involving some kind of incongruity or discrepancy? (1709). Irony can be broken down to three types; verbal‚ dramatic‚ and situational. In Shakespeare?s Richard III‚ all types of irony are found throughout the play. Irony can be humorous‚ sarcastic‚ and sometimes quite complicated as it is used to ?convey a truth about human experience by exposing some incongruity of a character?s behavior or a society?s traditions

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    In the art of theatre‚ there are many times in which characters on stage are oblivious to the truth that the audience knows. These instances of dramatic irony can have a range of effects from tension to laugh out loud comedy. In his play The Importance of Being Earnest‚ Oscar Wilde uses dramatic irony to create humor by creating problems for characters to solve‚ promoting reactions from characters‚ and tying these problem and reactions into the resolution. In The Importance of Being Earnest

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    Jorge Pasada Desiree’s Baby In Desiree’s Baby by Kate Chopin the author uses situational irony to convey the deformed consciences of the time period. In the story the reader believes Desiree leaves L’Abri plantation because she is part African American and therefore cannot be married to Armand. Even though Armand dearly loves Desiree‚ “The passion that awoke in him that day…swept…like anything that drives headlong over all obstacles” he forces her to leave anyway. This action shows the strength

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    Dramatic Irony in Hamlet

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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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    Invention of the Car - Technology - 1920 In the 1920’s‚ the Henry Ford automobile became popular with the average family. It changed the lives of Americans and everyone that wanted a better form of transportation. The most appealing part of this automobile was the affordability for the average family. In the next few years‚ most families had a car or were getting ready to buy one. Ford cars became more and more popular. They were creating a group of cars made for mass production and selling. The

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