What is irony? Irony is the mismatch between the actual results versus the expected results. In literature‚ irony is a device that causes surprise and amusement for the audience also a helper to the author to make their writing more fluid. Types of irony in stories are dramatic‚ situational and verbal. In the short stories “The Censors” by Luisa Valenzuela‚ “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant and “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl‚ there is situational and dramatic irony. The ironies affect the
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Do you have anyone who you share common ground with? Although it might not be the feeling of hatred‚ but in this case it is. The two texts “Once Upon A Time”‚ by Nadine Gordimer‚ and “Oklahoma Bombing Memorial Address”‚ speech by Bill Clinton both share a common ground of hatred‚ but each text illustrates it differently. In “Once Upon A Time”‚ by Nadine Gordimer the “perfect” family tried to prevent a tragedy from happening and in the meantime they let the evil and hatred consume them. While in “Oklahoma
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Once Upon a Time in America Journal This film was a unique experience to be sure with its flashback structure providing a thematic connection between plot points. Each of the three time periods present within Once Upon a Time in America intertwine to show the consequences the main character’s choices have made. Crime would be central to any gangster film‚ but here large grandiose operations are scaled into smaller and more intimate moments. The broad story revolves around the rise and fall of Jewish
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Once Upon a Quinceanera The quinceañera‚ the fifteenth birthday celebration for a Latina girl‚ is quickly becoming an American event. This legendary party is a sight to behold: lavish ball gowns‚ extravagant catered meals‚ DJs‚ limousines‚ and multi-tiered cakes. The must haves for a "quince" are becoming as numerous and costly as a prom or wedding. And yet‚ this elaborate ritual also hearkens back to traditions from native countries and communities‚ offering young Latinas a chance to connect
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THE speaker in this poem reminisces about a time when people were sincere and caring in their dealings with one another; he speaks regretfully about the present time‚ when people are not like before. He seems to feel that people have lost the innocence and openness which he now sees in his young son; he wants to regain that innocence. The poem starts with the well-known words "Once upon a time"‚ suggesting that what the speaker is going to say is a fairy tale‚ something so far-fetched it might not
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"Once Upon a Mattress" is a modern version of the story "Princess and the Pea". In the story Prince Dauntless is a mama’s boy whose mother‚ Queen Aggravain has ruled that no one else is allowed to marry until her son does. In spite of the Queens wishes for her son to be married‚ she seemingly manages to sabotage the town’s hopes of ever marrying. By testing and failing every applicable princess who comes along‚ the mother destroys her son’s desires of being with a woman. When another character
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that causes a person to possess the inability to see or to have the sense of sight. In the short story “Cathedral”‚ we meet an average‚ suburban husband and his wife‚ who have a troubled marriage. The husband is less than thrilled to meet his wife’s blind friend‚ Robert‚ who she has been exchanging tapes with for the past ten years. We feel sympathetic towards Robert because of his handicap‚ but as the story continues‚ it is in fact the narrator who should be pitied because he has trouble seeing
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Irony and Foreshadowing in Poe’s Short Stories In Poe’s short stories‚ he uses literary devices like irony and foreshadowing to increase reader interest in his stories. Irony and Foreshadowing helps to create suspense‚ anxiety‚ and humor in his works. They also help to capture the audience’s attention and draw them into the story. Poe’s irony and foreshadowing are integrated in “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Fall of the House of Usher”. “The Cask of the Amontillado” is one of the best examples
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Once Upon a Shop In today’s world many people seem to be drawn by money and the power there comes with it. Therefore people forget to do the things that really mean something‚ and they forget the intrinsic value of being a human being. People try so hard to make a great image instead of just living. These are only some of the issues Jeanette Winterson focuses on in her essay “Once Upon a Shop”. She is a British writer and the text was first published in The Observer on June 13‚ 2010. “Once Upon
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Once Upon a Troll By Nora Clarkowski‚ Maggie Yuhas‚ and Piper Streit Once upon a time‚ Cindy wakes up with the sun streaming through her windows and the sound of blue birds tweeting and her mother yelling from downstairs. She pulls herself out of bed and throws on her cream white dress and her trusted pastel blue high top Converse‚ she would never leave the house without. She sits down at breakfast‚ hoping for one calm moment before school‚ but instead is greeted by her step mother’s constant questions
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