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    ass a "hournable man". Then as well they used to compare and contrast to explain how they once loved him ‚but won’t have caused them to withhold it. Furthering his argument of Caesar ambitions Anthony continues using verbal irony cause and effect and tone. He uses the verbal irony of the minds to mutiny and rage. It was that they were feeling hurt and raged feeling. He also implies how Caesar was not ambitious and that was false and a fear emotion. He used to cause and effect to explain

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    There is irony in the title of the play. Trifles would mean things without importance or overlooked‚ even not needed; and yet the wife‚ the kitchen‚ the dead bird are all the most important elements of the drama. The kitchen is where the most important lines take place‚ the wife overlooked takes control‚ and the quilt and the dead bird tell the real story of the Wright home. There is irony in the focus on the activity of her hands "pleating" her apron‚ this is mentioned several times by Lewis Hale

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    while now‚ writers have been attempting to write about and protest war. In all honesty‚ though‚ they’re just glorifying it and making it seem not as bad as it truly is. They do this‚ by using imagery‚ structure‚ and most of all‚ irony. How do writers use imagery‚ irony‚ and structure‚ to protest war? How is the pain and struggles of war shown in writings that protest war? Imagery is very helpful when writing about‚ and protesting war. Using imagery in writings of war helps the reader understand

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    DRAMATIC IRONY IN A DOLL’S HOUSE Dramatic irony usually refers to a situation in a play wherein a character’s knowledge is limited‚ and he or she encounters something of greater significance than he or she knows. Throughout the play‚ most of the dramatic irony displayed is between Nora and Helmer‚ with Helmer being the character whose knowledge is limited. Dramatic irony is a device commonly and frequently used by playwrights. Irony arises from a contrast between appearance and reality between what

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    indicates the care with which he has planned Fortunato’s death. Both of the men want the same thing. Edgar Poe has a strong way of reproducing great literary elements in the story; the theme of revenge is explained with the use of irony. One irony used in this story is dramatic irony‚ which is when the readers understand it and the characters does not. “You are a man to be missed. For me it is no matter. We will go back; you will be ill‚ and I cannot be responsible. Besides‚ there is Luchesi-” “Enough‚”

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    Johnny Nguyen Period 5 5/5/11 The Scarlet Letter Irony Essay What if irony didn’t exist? If it didn’t‚ even at a minimal level‚ The Scarlet Letter wouldn’t be able to function in its complete and published form. Its frame and substructure of distinctly morose themes scrutinizing sin‚ knowledge‚ and the human condition would not exist without irony blistering beneath the surface. The symbolism and evocativeness of character names‚ for instance‚ the words “chill” and “worthless” can be derived

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    are‚ having a ‘tragic hero’ who is noble‚ dramatic irony‚ hamartia‚ hubris‚ pathos and a restoration of social order. Dramatic irony is an element used in a tragedy. This element creates situations where the audience knows the characters thoughts‚ personality‚ or events that have occurred to a character before another character does. The author uses this element to instil fear‚ frustration‚ or suspense to the reader. An example of dramatic irony used in the Shakespearean tragedy ‘Othello’ in Act

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    though they cannot be with each other and that did not stop them they still loved and cherish each other. Shakespeare in the story uses a lot of irony to show that you should do anything for true love. Shakespeare’s play is full of all three different types of irony in Romeo & Juliet: dramatic‚ situational‚ and verbal. For example‚ he demonstrates dramatic irony‚ Mercutio and Benvolio thinks Romeo is still in love with Rosaline but the audience

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    death‚ but due to his philosophical nature‚ he begins to overthink things and makes things go awry. Due to Hamlet being a play‚ the audience or reader possesses information that the majority of characters are not aware of‚ which is known as dramatic irony. Therefore‚ the audience can notice the minor‚ or even major‚ discrepancies or missed opportunities by the characters portrayed in the “madness” of Hamlet‚ the missed opportunity of killing King Claudius‚ and the untimely death of Ophelia. As the

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    McCarthyism trials. Miller’s extensive [use of] irony in the crucible reveals the actual motives behind events carried out during the Salem witch trials‚ and thereby he exposes the dark truth of what happened during 1950’s McCarthyism trials on Unamerican activities. Even in the very beginning Miller wastes no time in describing the abject of his play. Some circumstances surrounding the ritual committed by the girls are near perfect representations of dramatic irony‚ that bring to light innocent people accused

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