Irony is the general name given to literary techniques that involve surprising‚ interesting‚ or amusing contradictions. Two stories from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales that serve as excellent demonstrations of irony are "The Pardoners Tale" and "The Nun’s Priest’s Tale." Although these two stories are very different‚ they both use irony to teach a lesson. In "The Pardoner’s Tale‚ the Pardoner uses his story to speak out against many social problems‚ all of which he is guilty of. He preaches about
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trying to understand it. By examining Sophocles’ use of irony‚ we can see that Oedipus’s fatal flaw is blindness to his own truth. Sophocles’ makes Oedipus’s intelligence visible to us as he solves the Sphinx riddle but unfortunately‚ Oedipus demonstrates to be book smart but not street smart. It is stated by Teiresias he tells Oedipus "Listen to me. You mock my blindness do you? But I say you‚ with both your eyes‚ are blind‚" (page 13). Irony is illustrated in this quote because Teiresias‚ who
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that is ’Save th e Tigers in India ’. This message is for every Indians of the earth for saving the tiger because today number of tiger is decreased compared to last years. Tiger is the national animal of India. Tiger shows strength and huge power of India. Tiger is the pride of India. Tiger is the Indian pride so its time for every Indian comes together for taking steps for saving the tiger in India. Today the world is developed with powerful technology so you can use the many techniques
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Tiger Brands Limited‚ a Top 40 JSE Limited company whose footprint extends across the African continent and beyond‚ is one of the largest manufacturers and marketers of FMCG products in Southern Africa‚ and has been for several decades. Tiger Brands has been built over several decades through the acquisition and clustering of businesses which own leading food‚ home and personal care brands. It’s success is grown and maintained through the perpetual renovation and innovation of its brands‚ while
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Both “The Necklace” and “The Gift of the Magi” have plots that depend in large measure on the use of situational irony to create a surprise ending. “The Necklace” tells the story of Madame Mathilde Loise‚ a lowly clerk’s wife‚ who‚ in an effort to appear more debonaire than she is‚ borrows expensive jewels from Madame Jeanne Forestier‚ a wealthy friend. After the inevitable loss of the jewels‚ Madame Loisel and her husband secretly replace the jewels. Years later‚ Madame Loise‚ now impoverished
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How are the two stories “The Most Dangerous Game” and “The Child by Tiger” similar and dissimilar? There are some parts in a story that are comparable to the other‚ but mostly you can tell that both the authors were trying to tell different stories. Even with the details that you read you can tell that the two authors were trying to be creative and write their own story. Regardless of the fact that they are unlike in their themes and characters‚ they share some similarity in their plots. The theme
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In Mark Twain’s‚ “The Lowest Animal”‚ he uses Situation irony‚ Hyperbole‚ And Juxtaposition to convey that animals are actually more civilized than human beings because they lack these characteristics. Twain uses Situation irony the difference of expectation and reality. In paragraph 171-189‚ it talks about putting different types of animals in a cage together to see what would happen when they’re left alone. The different animals learned how to get along. But when putting different type of people
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Tigers (I owe you) Intro: I will be doing my report on tigers. Tigers have more than 100 stripes‚ and no two tigers have the same stripes. Another interesting thing about tigers is that the roar of a tiger can be heard more than a mile away. Tigers are also an endangered species. Made of cells: Tigers are multicellular. They have skin cells‚ blood cells‚ ad brain cells. They are an animal cell. Need Energy: Tigers are heterotrophs which means that they get their energy from the food
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Indian Tigers India was known as Land of Tiger‚ infact one of the best breed of tiger was named "Bengal Tiger" ‚ as the most prominent place for the Indian tigers were from Bengal (In Eastern India)‚ I also have a documentory by BBC called India - Land of Tigers‚ some nice guy called Valmik Thaper was working on Tiger conservation. Why just Tiger‚ well if you fall short of information about your beloved country‚ Bengal Tiger is the national animal of India‚ there
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the zoo is to see the big cats‚ most especially the tigers. The tiger is the largest of all big cats‚ and as of right now they are on the verge of extinction. The tiger is the top of the food chain in its natural habitat. They are a revered animal among many cultures and are considered to be one of the most beautiful animals on the planet. Due to poaching‚ illegal trade and the encroachment of their habitats‚ the tiger is now one of the most threatened species on earth and
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