Hyperbole In The Jilting Of Granny Weatherall
Hyperbole- Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. “I must have told you that a thousand times”(Porter, 413). The effect of the hyperbole in “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” is showing that even sick, granny still has a quick temper in teaching her kids life lessons. This brings her character more to life as readers realize that before she was sick she was a caring mother who corrected her children often.
Understatement- the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. “Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble…”(Chopin, 1). In the beginning paragraph her heart trouble is described as small but in the end kills her. This could be the fact that in this …show more content…
In “The possibility of Evil” by Shirley jackson Miss Strangeworth uses color coded notepads to write evil letters to community members. Such as green and for envy pink for the innocence of a baby girl.
Oxymoron- A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction. This literary device is used in “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” when the doctor is checking on his patient. “...good and and sorry”(porter, 1). This makes the reader think for a second on what the doc means when he says this. She will be pleased with herself but dead. This makes the her sickness more real and obscene.
Paradox- A seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true. In “The Possibility of Evil” Mrs. Strangeworth is paranoid that her little town is being ruined by certain evils. “There is the possibility of evil lurking on every corner, and as Mrs. Strangeworth is the last Strangeworth left, it is her duty to find it and destroy it”(Jackson, 3). In the end however karma comes and kills her most prized possession, her roses, and she weeps of the cruelty in the world. But really this is how her receivers felt when they got her letters so it’s her own cruelty she is feeling, thus paradox. Sort
Understatement- the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. “Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble…”(Chopin, 1). In the beginning paragraph her heart trouble is described as small but in the end kills her. This could be the fact that in this …show more content…
In “The possibility of Evil” by Shirley jackson Miss Strangeworth uses color coded notepads to write evil letters to community members. Such as green and for envy pink for the innocence of a baby girl.
Oxymoron- A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction. This literary device is used in “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” when the doctor is checking on his patient. “...good and and sorry”(porter, 1). This makes the reader think for a second on what the doc means when he says this. She will be pleased with herself but dead. This makes the her sickness more real and obscene.
Paradox- A seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true. In “The Possibility of Evil” Mrs. Strangeworth is paranoid that her little town is being ruined by certain evils. “There is the possibility of evil lurking on every corner, and as Mrs. Strangeworth is the last Strangeworth left, it is her duty to find it and destroy it”(Jackson, 3). In the end however karma comes and kills her most prized possession, her roses, and she weeps of the cruelty in the world. But really this is how her receivers felt when they got her letters so it’s her own cruelty she is feeling, thus paradox. Sort