What is irony and how is it used in the story? Irony is a stylistic device‚ used by the author to keep the drama in the story going‚ for the reader’s enjoyment. It is the twist or unexpected event which blends the elements of the story together. In the instance of O. Henry he combines exaggeration [or hyperbole] and irony to add humor in the story. O. Henry is a master of irony and exaggeration‚ so that his stories have flavor and depth. In "The Ransom of Red Chief‚" O. Henry uses the three devices;
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5. How can the Internet be used to facilitate Telecommuting? Telecommuting‚ is also referred to as ‘telework”‚ this seen as the act of businesses enabling their employee to carry out work from the comfort of their‚ home or a remote area‚ hotel and so forth‚ it is the act of commuting mobile through various telecommunicating equipment’s. To enable employees to get work done more efficiently‚ and rid them of various distractions across the workplace. It rids the company from not meeting their required
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How Social Media Tools Can Be Used to Distribute Messages to Consumers Social media tools facilitate communication because millions of people are using them‚ especially with the current advances in mobile media communication tools. Social media tools are rather inexpensive‚ comprehensible‚ and easy to get to which can allow anyone to publish or access information‚ compared to traditional business media‚ which normally requires substantial resources to publish information (Drost‚ 2011). With
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their engagement in forms of language such as‚ reading‚ writing and even restricts how they speak. Which‚ naturally made language a desire by women‚ because it’s degrading to not have freedom of speech. Atwood utilizes literary elements point of view‚ dialogue and diction‚ to convey how powerful language is in this world. The protagonist of this story‚ Offred is a prime example of how powerful language is. She states how uses language daily by making mental notes throughout the day forming a story. Offred
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The language used in the tragedy of King Lear encompass the development of plot and the definition of the characters in the play. The literal and figurative meanings of the language reflect the inner workings of the characters and enhance the subtlety of the tragic tone that the playwright is trying to achieve. At the beginning of the play‚ language is inflated by Goneril and Regan who strive to outdo each other in flattering their father for the vain attempt of winning the love-test devised by
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leadership has emerged in all places and in all historical ages. For example‚ we have the Kwaio Big Man’ of Melanesia (Sahlins‚ 1963) compared to the black ghetto in Chicago (Kochman‚ 1960’s). First and foremost‚ since the task is to define how charisma can be used as a political instrument‚ it is important to discuss functionalism’. Bronislaw Malinowski introduced the concept of Functionalism. It is universal theory and posits that all cultural "traits" are functionally interrelated and form an integrated
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Both cartoonists use analogy to display and compare social classes‚ and how upper class reacts to lower classes. Analogy is the comparison between two things or ideas to clarify and explain the problem. In the “House problem” cartoon‚ showing middle class life Vs. Upper class is simple explanation for analogy. It is used successfully comparing middle class life and the upper class’ point of view. Although the rich man has a house and a car‚ he still thinks he is living like middle class. In the “Unions”
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Pg. 640 1. Almost three thousand years ago‚ people who lived in the starkly beautiful part of the world we now call Greece were telling stories about a great war. 2. What are Homer’s great war stories?Iliad and the Odyssey 3. Homer’s stories can probably be traced to what and where? Historical struggles; Aegean sea to the sea of Marmara and Black sea. 4. Homer’s first epic poem and Iliad tells to story of ?Be Specific 10 year war fought outside troy. 5. Who was the Trojan War fought between
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Discuss how art can be used to reflect‚ promote‚ or challenge cultural beliefs. Art‚ throughout the times have reflected‚ promoted and challenged the cultural beliefs of many different societies. To reflect a culture or society the artwork must create or suggest a particular impression of that era. To promote the cultural beliefs of a society the artwork must encourage and support the beliefs. For the artwork to challenge the beliefs it must question tradition. Gislebertus and Michelangelo promote
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By: Constantine Cavafy When you start on your journey to Ithaca‚ Then pray that the road is long‚ full of knowledge. Do not fear the Lestrygonians and the Cyclopes and the angry Poseidon. You will never meet such as these on your path‚ if your thoughts remain lofty‚ if a fine emotion touches your body and your spirit. You will never meet the Lestrygonians‚ the Cyclopes and the fierce Poseidon‚ if you do not carry them within your soul‚ if your soul does not raise them up before you. Then
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