the words and actions used posess a meaning that the audience understands but the character does not therefore resulting in an amusing and comedic situation for the audience to watch. There are many different types of irony which can also vary according to the countries from which they come from, who...
Father and Son By Bernard Mac Laverty Key Themes Important ending - Sums up the ironic nature of the relationship. - Climax - Creates huge sympathy for the Father and Son - Reveals the harsh reality of life in Belfast at this time - Dual narration leads us to believe...
William Golding initiates an ironic structure in his novel The Lord of the Flies. This begins in the first chapters and becomes evident by the end of the novel. Any optimistic or hopeful situation that occur in the book always turn out catastrophic and the boy’s little society that they have created...
different problems or situations in life. The author uses the paths as choices that the person can make. As a reader I am familiar with the issues and problems life might bring, and at times as the reader that is exactly what capture my interest, is the same life situations or story like, mysteries...
story for ironic twists that come out to be humorous but also convey a serious message and comparison to events that happened in the Bible. I have found myself in a similar position in which I have sacrificed something that meant a lot to me in order to get a gift for someone. My situation did not end...
Shirley Jackson uses examples of irony throughout her short story, “The Lottery.” The title itself is ironic; one would think this is a happy story because the lottery conotates hope and happiness. But this story is a story that ends with misery. Jackson uses situational, verbal, dramatic, and visional...
Midsummer Night’s Dream, although the characters’ actions are determined by their clouded senses in dreaming, infatuation, or because of magic, it is ironic that it is dreaming, infatuation and magic that cause the play to progress. One major conflict within the play is between true love and infatuation...
“Introduction,””, argues Callaghan’s style grants him the ability to create a character that can stand in ironic tension with the traditional Catholic symbols in the novel. Through this ironic tension, we Ross sees the differences between the Church in this world and of this world. Both scholars discuss...
from pure realism of the British culture, and therefore British audiences appeal so well to the performances and are so familiar, that they find the ironic humour involved in the performance. For example when Ella and her sister are sat on the couch, cross-legged and smoking this is stereo typical and...
“To what extent is the title of the play ‘Top Girls’ ironic in the events of Act One?” The title of Churchill’s play, ‘Top Girls’, at first appears to compliment the successes of the women who are gathered at the scene. Churchill introduces Marlene, a symbol of the “new woman” of 1980s society, who...
such a great king, as Duncan treats Banquo and Macbeth differently as he gave the title of the ‘Thane of Cawdor’ to Macbeth and not Banquo which is ironic as the ‘Thane of Cawdor’ should be loyal and trustworthy and the audience learn that Macbeth is the opposite! It is found Macbeth is the opposite when...
found out she had won the lottery. “It isn’t fair, it isn’t right” (Jackson, 162). Jackson’s use of Tessie being for the lottery, then, when the situation changes and she finds herself having only a few moments of life left, irony plays an important role. Some individuals suggest changing the lottery...
noble address leads to disaster and death—in this case, the death of the “rightful” d’Urberville, Alec. Hardy emphasizes the irony of Durbeyfield’s situation not only by contrasting the common peddler on the road with the image of the “renowned knight” who was his forebear, but also by contrasting the modes...
The name of the poem by T.S. Eliot, ^The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock^ is a misdirected concentration that is significant. The title is very ironic. The irony is present with the reader expecting the theme of love, but clashing that idea with the boring and dry name of J. Alfred Prufrock. The...
Harper Lee I find it very ironic how some people get away with actions that are “wrong” or “different.” Although times have changed and always will in the future, there are many situations that call for the rules or laws to be bent. Personally, I come across these situations daily and still say, “That’s...
reader knows more than the characters. This is not the case in this story. In this story, what we have is best described as situational irony: a situation where the outcome is unexpected: Bob and the reader are surprised by the outcome together In the story “after twenty years” O’ Henry uses many stylistic...
that he would not leave his family but even though he was in love with Etta. From Etta we also find out that John Wayne was scared of horses, which is ironic because most American’s viewed him as a cowboy. From all the accounts of Etta we are possibly given a true look at John Wayne who is the man crying...
information. So far, everything seems ordinary, but the pistol abruptly reminds the reader that the house belongs to a ruthless character. It marks an ironic situation between harmony and violence. Perhaps the weapon also acts as a symbol for intimidating his visitors. The colonel might consider them as foreigners...
excellent job of showing the subtle differences in both genders’ thought processes. She does this by representing a situation that has a rather obvious initial plot, but a very ironic conclusion. The characters all have a good idea of who the murderer is, but need to find a motive in order to convict...
death and everyone was happy at the funeral. Or a new birth of a child and everyone was depressed. This is very weird and ironic in our culture to have either of these situations happen. In other words, these plays take a character and show his or her reaction to world they believe has no meaning. These...
humour language in his stories. It is a form of humor that regards human suffering as absurd rather than pitiable, or that considers human existence as ironic and pointless but somehow comic. His sister in her Biography of Saki writes: “One of Munro’s aunts, Augusta, was a woman of ungovernable temper, of...
impunity”(226). He doesn’t mind telling us about his torture and murder of Fortunato. In fact, he thinks what he did was the just, right way to handle the situation. Fortunato on the other hand, is considered a flat character. He had pride in himself, especially in his knowledge in wine. Fortunato was also unconscience...
can be seen throughout the entire poem. As soon as the baby is brought into life he hears “Bobby Dazzler”, a tv host, and not his mother, which is ironic as the first voice a baby should hear is their mother’s. His family is only worried about materialism. There is no connection with the mother and son...
still finds the gall to provoke his situation. I believe this is a vivid example of the very worst of human nature. While the sisters share a hatred for their father. They also share a love for Edmund. This love eventually leads to their destruction. It is ironic that the two “marble hearted fiends”...
swoon -- no! In death -- no! Even in the grave all was not lost. Even though he said he would not attempt to describe he did exactly that to show the situation he is was in, which was actually quite comical. Furthermore, Poe uses situational irony, which is the shocking difference between what is expected...
serious situations going on in real life can be turned into a game. This could be explained by the film, Life Is Beautiful in which a father and his family are put into a concentration camp but somehow the father had the intuition to turn this very serious matter into a game for his child. The ironic part...
prisoners in isolated Shawshank. • The Shawshank Redemption is an inspiring story about Andy Dufresne and his efforts to maintain hope in horrible situations. The directors used many effective methods that displayed signs of hope in such a horrible place. Andy maintained hope by distracting his mind and...
not stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson it refers to death as a gentlemen who visits Dickinson to take her on a journey “towards eternity”. This very ironic that she considers death as a gentleman because it is the total opposite. Dickinson’s poems deal with death again and again. In “Because I could not...
In the last stanza Hardy says “yes quant and curious war is!” he doesn’t fully understand war. This line shows his bitterness about the situation. It is ironic because usually wars are very frightening, but he described it as soft and gentle. These men have absolutely nothing against one...
will probably be killed by the man because the man knew the whole time that he was a revolutionary. He reveals this at the end of the story. It is ironic that he did not kill the man and now he will be killed. The mood in the lottery is stressful and very tense as the barber toys with his decision. ...
Essay: The Kite Runner “There is a way to be good again.” Rahim Khan said before hanging up the phone. Ironic, how the person you betray is the same person who would do anything for you. Ironic, how you could watch your own brother gets raped and not even help. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is...
“To Another Housewife” examines the lack of recognition awarded to women, especially those in a family situation. The poem has a conversational tone, as the persona is speaking to a close childhood friend. The persona is anonymous, as is the friend. They seem to see their identity reflected in their...
broadcast. The main purpose of the Announcement is to tell the listeners to go to shelters, (to be safe) and what else to do in case of difficult situation. It is a survival guide, a matter of life… and death. The poet tries to emphasize his point using ‘Dry Humour’ to explain that he is anti-nuclear...
during the course of the play. King Duncan is first to encounter nemesis from his own gullibility and blindness which puts him in a couple of deadly situations. Lady Macbeth brings nemesis upon herself when she allows greed and her overwhelming desire for power to take over. Macbeth’s nemesis takes a while...
An Hour of Freedom, An Eternity of Oppression Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour" illustrates a woman's ironic reaction to the death of her husband. This piece of literature is the story of an hour of Mrs. Mallard’s different and troublesome emotions after her husband’s death, which further explains...
ultimate power, but Trethewey displayed a power that she never knew existed. In Angelou’s poem “Still I Rise,” she depicts situations in her life that has affected her. These situations affected her in a bad way but in a positive way as well. Being rapped was one of Maya Angelou’s biggest struggles in her...
This passage from “Bernice bobs her hair” by F. Scott Fitzgerald heightens an ordinary haircut to a life and death situation. This exaggeration is used to emphasise the torment Bernice has to undergo in making her decision, and her subsequent decision to proceed with the haircut equally heightens her...
verbal irony. The Crucible is filled with many examples for each kind of irony through the play. The dramatic irony occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play. The example of dramatic irony is when Reverend Hale told John to say the Ten...
characters whose foibles lead to ridiculous and entertaining mischances. So Austen’s intended readers are shocked when they encounter readers who, lacking ironic vision, are repelled by her comic irony, call her “detached,” even “cynical,” and argue that her characters are merely objects of comic ridicule.”...
turning because you are anxious about something. Mentally your mind is thinking of an event over and over that it interferes with your sleep. It’s ironic how your brain waves are slowing down, but your mind constantly is stuck on this idea, that you may even come up with a solution. In contrast to sleep...
that is what makes the setting so special. In these two stories as mentioned above the setting allowed me to notice the social perspective of the situations that they characters had to deal with in both stories. In the short story The Welcome Table I noticed the speech that was being used to help me...
and get honest feedback from other parents who have been in similar situations. Parents not only learn how to better understand their children, but they also have an idea of how they can behave in order to best handle the situation. On a different scale, the reaches of the Internet can help comfort...
giving away their own manufactured products. It is ironic to think that I usually hear that in order for a country to be prosperous, people from that nation should patronize their own or whatever they have, manufacture or produce, but in China’s situation, it is not it’s the other way around, they manufacture...
contrastingly because of wars, we see the goodness in life and how valuable peace is. Second, the author exposes how contradicting people can be. Is it ironic we only know something is valuable to us under the condition that we already lost it? So in some sense, the author is trying to bring out a message...
status and power over their homes and their wife. Emily Bronte never married and lived reclusive perhaps for this very reason, making the quote very ironic. Khaled Hosseini also uses societal pressures to force marriage. In the case of Laila marrying Rasheed, she has to marry Rasheed because it looks...
Nadirah and hello everybody. This is a class on the goddess Saraswati, the goddess of speech, language and communication. So, it's very interesting and ironic that we had a communications glitch at the beginning of-- A technical communication glitch at the beginning of the class. So I would like to start...
character in literature” was once said my Duff Brenna. Reason may be what helps us make everyday decisions but in literature there may be certain situations that your emotions take over and they are what help us make our decisions. In the play, The Crucible written by Arthur Miller, Elizabeth Proctor...
use as needed pattern really is an ALWAYS use pattern for. (Laughing) ironic isn’t it? E. How I Use First, Use as Needed, or Avoid Confluence Avoid –Confluence- As an avoid pattern I tnd to over think certain situations and decisions I have to make and sometimes over thinking the problem does...
‘Consider the meaning of the American Dream, what is Fitzgerald’s ironic comment on the American Dream?’ The American Dream encapsulates the spirit of the country itself, and is something much discussed and hence something that is found in a lot of American Literature. The ideas that one should...
thane of Cawdor shall deceive out bosom interest” (1.2.63-64). This is ironic because Macbeth is the one who kills him later on in the play. He goes on to say “What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won” (1.2.67). This is also ironic because Macbeth is nothing close to noble. From the beginning of this...
literary devices throughout the term. A literary symbol is something which means more than what it is. A symbol could be an object, a person, a situation, an action or even an idea which has a literal meaning in the story, and also suggests other underlying meanings. A well-chosen symbol supports or...
repeatedly in the poem to show her isolation. Her tower is grey, “four grey walls and four grey towers” and “embowers” the silent isle. This is an ironic use of the word “embower” as it is normally used to show a beautiful object. However here we have dark images of walls imprisoning the Lady of Shallot...
story's abrupt, attention-grabbing opening sentence-a sentence whose reference to "heart trouble" (352) seems doubly meaningful and ironic by the time the tale concludes. Also ironic is the care taken by Louise's sister Josephine in breaking "as gently as possible" (352) to Louise the news of Mr. Mallard's...
nearly everyone in his family has to work to just try to stay alive. When Jurgis gets hurt on the job, these problems only intensify. Jurgis lives in an ironic world. The only time Jurgis receives proper care occurs when he is in jail for battering the man named Connor that had his way with Jurgis’ wife, Ona...
Soldier’s Home - Essay Many of the titles of Ernest Hemingway's stories are ironic, and can be read on a number of levels. Soldier's Home is no exception. Our first impression, having read the title only, is that this story will be about an old soldier living out what remains of his life in an institution...
are only four other countries besides the U.S. that have 21 as the legal drinking age; Fiji, Pakistan, Palau, and Sri Lanka. What’s so ironic about this situation is although America has the highest drinking age in the world they also have the most fatalities caused by alcohol consumption. This brings...
readily available testimony to Ruan’s acting talent; she plays a prostitute dedicated to improving the life of her son. The Goddess, 神女, is somewhat ironic and seems to be a well-known euphemism with the Chinese characters both signifying a mother/heroin but at the same time a prostitute, a women of the...
greatest English writers of the 20th century. In general, Maugham's novels and short stories could be characterized by great narrative facility, an ironic point of view, cosmopolitan settings, and an astonishing understanding of human nature. His short stories gained the greatest popularity. And it’s...
account for situations in our lives in which we make the mistakes we are trying to avoid. The first process called the intentional operating process, this process is responsible for activating thoughts at hand (e.g., picking up a football and throwing it).The second process is called the ironic monitoring...
Martin (Cash 34-38). Although the disease would take her life by the age of 39, O’Connor left a body of work that has influenced the satiric and ironic rendering of American literature in modern writing and contributed to the continuation of the realist and naturalist genres in literature (Downes)...