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    English 1102‚ 12:30‚ TR September 3‚ 2009 Essay #2 –Fiction Irony in “A Cask of Amontillado” Verbal irony has a meaning (often contradictory) concealed behind the apparent meaning of a word or phrase in order to get a point across; whereas situation irony is often coincidental and contradictory to the situation at hand in an improbable way. Throughout the story “A Cask of Amontillado”‚ Edger Allen Poe uses verbal and situational irony to add a touch of macabre humor‚ build suspense‚ and foreshadow

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    Not surprisingly‚ the (i) ____________ of the printing press (ii) ____________ mass literacy‚ as books were no longer (iii) ____________ exclusive to the clergy and aristocracy. Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii) prospect subsidized tokens advent engendered windfalls triumph ameliorated assets Question 1 of 62 Dickens’s Uriah Heep‚ literature’s exemplar of (i) ____________‚ is doubtlessly not a unique figure either in fiction or in life. Who in real life

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    In The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer‚ A band of pilgrims traveling to Canterbury take turns telling stories. The main characters of each pilgrim’s tale face their reckoning and whether they are punished or absolved; their judgment is specific to the pilgrim who told the tale. The Knight from the Wife of Bath’s tale is judged and forgiven when and the three men from the Pardoner’s tale meet their end when they let greed‚ what the Pardoner calls the root of evil‚ impair their judgment. The

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    Speak the author uses the protagonist‚ Melinda‚ to teach the reader the importance of verbal expression. Melinda refuses to speak about an event that occurred in her life; therefore others cannot show her empathy toward her. Melinda’s lack of speaking lead to her being judged and bullied by her friends. Melinda’s silence slowly erodes her self esteem and leads to depressive behavior. Melinda’s lack of verbal communication conveys its merit. Melinda refuses to speak about an event that occurred

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    reading the Canterbury Tales and the General Prologue‚ I learned a lot about all of the Pilgrims. The pilgrim that I found the most interesting was the Pardoner‚ which is why I chose to use him for my project. The Pardoner worked for the Church and was despised by many churchgoers. In return for making donations to charitable enterprises‚ the Pardoner was licensed by the Pope to sell papal indulgences. People would give money in exchange for pardons and the Pardoner would then pocket that

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    greed‚ sloth‚ wrath‚ envy‚ or pride‚ that person is known to face eternal death. These were not the only sins practiced in “The Pardoner’s Tale”. “The Pardoner’s Tale” was written by Geoffrey Chaucer. The most common motif used throughout this poem is sin. This piece is about sin because of the use of the setting‚ characters‚ and symbolism. “The Pardoner’s Tale” takes place in Flanders which is located in Belgium. The beginning of the poem takes place in a tavern. A tavern is a place where people

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    Satire in the Pardoner’s Tale The Canterbury Tales is one of the greatest analogy of stories in English language‚ for its satirical language that had great impact in British society. One of the tales‚ the pardoner’s tale‚ which comes after the Physician’s Tale and before the Shipman’s Tale‚ is one of the best piece of literature demonstrating the use of satire. The pardoner’s tale satirizes the hypocritical pardoners who do the deeds that they themselves condemn‚ stupidity of drunkenness‚ and the

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    story between Jim and Della‚ which is transfigured by O.Henry’s unrivalled flowery language‚ academic and belles-letters style‚ and his superb ironical tone. At the end of the story‚ readers will only be able to say “How ironical their life is!” “The irony of life” in “The Gift of the Magi” is presented through a story of love and sacrifice between a young couple‚ Jim and Della‚ who are poor materially but not poor spiritually. They always live happily in a poor living condition. Their happiness is

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    were used to compare the Salem Witch Trials to the Red Scare. His drama was a major success and conveyed his message clearly to the audience. Various forms of irony are exhibited in The Crucible. Dramatic irony is just one of the varieties of satire used in this playwright’s ironic masterpiece. First and foremost‚ dramatic

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    how do people communicate? If you surveyed the American people they would likely answer the question with the previous answers. As humans we all know the first type of communication which is verbal or vocal but the second type of communication is non-verbal or non-vocal. We could plead that non-verbal is all of the emails and messages we send on those smart devices but that is where society gets confused about what is the difference. First we have to understand the basic‚ what is communication

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