CAN-CAN А. Vivante “I’m going to go for a drive" he said to his wife. "I’ll be back in an hour or two." He didn’t often leave the house for more than the few minutes it took him to go to the post office or to a store‚ but spent his time hanging around‚ doing odds jobs — Mr. Fix-it his wife called him — and also‚ though not nearly enough of it‚ painting — which he made his living from. "Ail right‚" his wife said brightly‚ as though he were doing her a favor. As a matter of fact
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The Importance of Irony Irony is the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning. A method for evoking humor‚ irony in literature is often like a private joke that creates a sense of complicity between the author and the reader. Irony in literature is intended to provoke the reader into thinking harder and analyzing any situation. By comparing and contrasting reality with suppositions about reality‚ the reader is able to arrive at a better understanding
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Irony is the art of expressing two meanings simultaneously; the obvious surface meaning the majority will regard as the only meaning and on a deeper profounder meaning which lies behind the obvious. The tension created by this ambivalence can be and has been put to a variety of uses. Ironies abound in Shakespeare‚ so do they in Dryden and Poe.Shakespeare employs them to underscore the tragic plight of a man‚ while Dryden and Pope use them to mock at human follies and foibles.among the forty eight
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Personal experiences With Irony Life is full of irony. Everywhere you look there are situations that contrast what is expected. Evidently‚ many of my interests turned out to be ironic twists. I love concerts‚ experiencing live music with friends is one of the best things in life. Seeing my favorite band play right before my eyes is a site like no other‚ well if I could see it. Concerts are great –for tall people. But for the “vertically challenged” it gets a little difficult. I either see heads before
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Leo Tolstoy’s Ironic Yet Inspiring Master and Man In Leo Tolstoy’s short story‚ Master and Man‚ Tolstoy makes effective use of dramatic irony. Irony‚ as defined by the Encyclopaedia Brittanica‚ is “…a situation in which there is an incongruity between what is expected and what occurs.1” A well-known example of situational irony is found in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Two lovers end up killing themselves for one another in hasty passion. When in reality‚ if they had waited and discovered all
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Nurse Ratched. “Big Nurse Ratched” is considerably the representative of society as she tries molding everyone into her picture-perfect vision. Throughout the novel‚ Kesey used a collection of literary devices such as analogy‚ symbolism‚ situational irony‚ and imagery to imply the central theme of the novel‚ the allegory to 1960’s American Society. For starters‚ as Ken Kesey initiates his novel‚
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Irony and Metaphors: William Blake’s hidden talents In William Blake’s “A Poison Tree”‚ he takes on a simple approach at describing the different aspects and consequences of anger. The poem starts off by saying‚ “I was angry with my friend; I told my wrath‚ my wrath did end” (Blake 1‚2). Which is a very simple poetic way of saying he was angry‚ but he felt better after confessing his true feelings. When Blake continues‚ he explains how he cannot confess his anger to a foe‚ and goes on by creating
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Adults can make big mistakes. One of the quotes in the book Lord of the Flies shows irony by saying “I wish my father was here …Oh‚ what’s the use?” (94) Piggy is probably thinking that the adults would be good help when things were going wrong. I notice this because Piggy seems like he is saying that if his dad was there then the fire
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A Twist of Irony Reflection on Thomas Hardy’s critical exploration of moral issues in ‘On The Western Circuit’ Thomas Hardy’s On The Western Circuit narrates the story of the country girl Anna who madly falls in love with lawyer Charles Bradford Raye on a fair. Raye asks Anna to write him during his travel around the Western Circuit. Anna‚ who can neither read nor write‚ enlists the help of Edith Harnham‚ who recruited her as a housemaid and expresses deep affection for her. Eventually‚ Edith
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Multiple ironies in The Pardoner ’s Prologue and Tale: Ironyception The Pardoner ’s Prologue and Tale contain numerous ironies and most of them are within each other. Sort of like a dream within a dream‚ Chaucer weave multiple ironies within the prologue and the tale itself narrated the pardoner to show the hypocrisy of the Roman Catholic Church during his time. Both part of the story has multiple level within in them and only through understanding them can the ironies be appreciated. The most
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