The Rival By Martin Armstrong The train was about three-quarters of an hour from its destination and was travelling at a good sixty miles an hour when Mr. Harraby-Ribston‚ a prosperous businessman‚ rose from his seat‚ lifted his suitcase down from the rack and threw it out of the window. The only other occupant of the carriage‚ a small‚ thin man‚ a Mr. Crowther‚ had raised his eyes from his book when his travelling-companion stirred from his seat and had noticed the occurrence. Then the two men
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Compare to Shirley Jackson’s other novels‚ Charles is one short story that are less horror. The story is humorous‚ but ends with dramatic irony as Jackson’s style. Readers may realize that Laurie’s description of the misbehaving Charles is actually himself‚ because the author has given some hints in the story. For example‚ Laurie does not show any respect to his father‚ instead he calls his father an “old dust mop”. His mother‚ however‚ chooses to ignorant the misbehavior of her son and believes
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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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this is by introducing irony. Irony is an outcome of events that is contrary to what was expected. Many authors may use three different types of irony to get their point across. These types of irony are verbal‚ dramatic‚ or situational. They may apply irony to turn a story around and to give it a twist. One author who utilizes this technique is Geoffrey Chaucer in The Canterbury Tales. In fact‚ Chaucer enhances irony in his story “The Miller’s Tale.” He incorporates irony to entertain his readers
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Dramatic Irony 1- (Act III‚ scene I On line 3) “Pat‚ pat; and here’s a marvellous convenient place for our rehearsal” “Pat‚ pat; and here’s a marvellous convenient place for our rehearsal” Quince says Quince finds this place convenient for rehearsal‚ but the Audience/Reader knows that it truly isn’t. It would be better if they would practice in a theatre or somewhat similar. On top of that there are major problems between Lysander and Demetrius who want to show their love for Helena
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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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1) The irony is that they don’t want to allow any other religion in the church‚ because it might influence their religion. 2) The witch hunt years provided an excellent opportunity to "get even". 3) Tituba- African American slave Abigail- craves John Proctor‚ young‚ beautiful Betty- Reverend Parris’s daughter‚ fainted in forest 4) Out of all the children she had only one survive; Ruth‚ who is afflicted. 5) He was mad because he wanted his brother in law to be the next minister. 6) Parris doesn’t
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What is Dramatic Irony? Dramatic Irony is when a situation of drama is understood by the audience‚ but not by the characters in the play. This impacts the play because then the audience can predict or realize who the bad person is‚ or what the conflict may be‚ where as the characters can not realize this until the real conflict begins. There are several examples of dramatic irony in the play “Much Ado About Nothing‚” three of them are Claudio shaming Hero‚ Benedick and Beatrice being in love‚ and
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On Cyprus‚ Iago‚ who is angered that Othello promoted Cassio plans to destroy Othello by convincing him that Desdemona is cheating on him with Cassio. If I could study a single aspect of the play is Shakespeare’s use of dramatic irony. An early example of that in the play is when Iago reveals his detailed plans to destroy Othello and the people Othello cares about. The audience witnesses and hears the entire plan and they are helpless to stop him. As Iago’s plan unfolds on
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you used imagery to help them picture what happened. Or maybe you used sarcasm‚ a form of irony‚ to emphasize a point. These are examples of literary devices. Literary devices are tools that help convey the author’s ideas and points‚ and just as you use them in your stories‚ authors use them in their novels. One literary device Achebe uses is irony. Irony is when what happens or what is said is the opposite of what you would have expected or are thinking. We can see an example of tragic irony in Okonkwo’s
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