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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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    Socratic Irony

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    The topic of my paper is the philosophy of Socrates. Specifically I will discuss Socratic irony and the Socratic method of inquiry. The main points I will cover are; what was Socratic irony‚ and why did he use the method he did to seek the truth? My paper consists of three main parts. First a description of the more important books by Plato‚ about Socrates; sines Plato is the main source for information about Socrates. The second part is an analysis of the texts‚ focusing on the above stated topics

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    Dramatic Irony

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    Examples of Dramatic Irony from Act I & II | Characters Involved | Sympathy?Antipathy? | Reason your sympathies lean as they do | Evidence- Lines & Explanation of Effect | Act 1 scene 1 | Hamlet‚ Claudius‚ Marcellus‚ Horatio‚ Barnardo | This is where the ghost is first seen by Horatio‚ Marcellus and Barnardo‚ representing that the King’s spirit is still alive as he is not yet at peace. I feel sympathetic for Hamlet as in the next scene everyone is mourning over the King’s death and Hamlet

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    The Crucibe- Irony

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    The Crucible Irony Open Ended Miller’s portrayal of Puritanism indicates that the society in Salem chooses false religious values over logical assumptions‚ which suggest attributes of stubbornness and their wicked beliefs in The Crucible. This proves to be ironic because the society would rather prefer believing propaganda shoved by the religious figures of the community‚ Reverend Parris and Reverend Hale. These men of priesthood are considered to be completely holy‚ and they were exempt of any

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    The Irony of the Jungle

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    The Irony of The Jungle Between 1870 and 1900 Chicago grew from a population of 299‚000 to almost 1.7 million‚ the fastest-growing city ever at the time. This surge in population was largely attributed to immigrants coming from European countries seeking a chance for employment and new freedoms associated with moving to the United States at the time. 1905‚ in particular‚ was a historic year when a surge of over 1 million immigrants came to the city. During this time‚ author Upton Sinclair

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    Wife Essay

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    Why I Want a Wife (The Story of a Politician with a God Complex) I also belong to a classification‚ a classification known as men. But I am not just a commonplace man‚ I am a politician. People may refer to me as a senator or with an affiliation of a party but I know I am something greater. What am I you may ask? I am a god. I am omniscient to the world’s suffering‚ able to answer every mortal problem given. At first I thought changing the world could be done in collaboration‚ but I thought

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    Irony in"the Lottery"

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    Irony in “The Lottery” Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” offers an almost classic study of irony of situation: the reader expects a celebration; she gets a stoning. Such a reversal is the work of careful planning by the author. The reader expects the lottery to be a celebration of some sort because Jackson describes the setting‚ details the activities of the townspeople‚ and refers to the lottery itself in terms that belie the outcome of the event. First‚ Jackson establishes a setting which suggests

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    Curleys Wife

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    Exam Practice – C.A.T On Curley’s Wife. In this essay‚ I will explain the character of Curley’s wife having looked at‚ we can see John Steinbeck portrays Curley’s wife as being a ‘tart’ but also a nice woman. She is a natural flirt as throughout the novel she continues to talk to all the other men on the farm‚ but when she dies‚ we see her as an innocent woman. Steinbeck uses many different techniques to present Curley’s wife such as colour imagery‚ appearance‚ metaphors and similes in the early

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    18th-Century Bath History

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    cities‚ namely Epsom‚ Islington‚ Buxton and Cheltenham.Yet it cannot be denied that they were not as famous as the city of Bath. Bath is the most representative city to depict the striking urban and social development of hot springs in England at that time. As a matter of fact‚ we must remember the fact that from the early eighteenth century until the early nineteenth century‚ Bath developed from a small provincial spa to being the most fashionable place‚ outside of London. The spa was famed for its

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    Preacher's Wife

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    The greatest role of a preacher’s wife is to be an encouragement to him. All wives are to be a help-meet‚ but a preacher’s wife must also encourage him in his difficult job. He may get discouraged or meet with adversity. We should reinforce his desire to preach. We should know the purpose of preaching and remind ourselves and our husbands of that purpose frequently. We should help the children understand and understand ourselves when he may have to be away from home at times or be called away

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