and Jim give each other. The story would not become famous without its “surprising ending”‚ the accident and coincidence. Readers are attracted to the moving love story between Jim and Della‚ which is transfigured by O.Henry’s unrivalled flowery language‚ academic and belles-letters style‚ and his superb ironical tone. At the end of the story‚ readers will only be able to say “How ironical their life is!” “The irony of life” in “The Gift of the Magi” is presented through a story of love and sacrifice
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this is from the internet‚ not mine. Extract from an English student’s learning journal. Week Five - Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) The Decay of Lying (1889‚ revised 1891) ’The Happy Prince’‚ ’The Nightingale and the Rose’‚ ’The Selfish Giant’‚ ’The Remarkable Rocket’ and ’The Devoted Friend’ from The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888) My immediate response to these works by Oscar Wilde is that they are charmingly light-hearted‚ evocative‚ challenging in content and meaning‚ and that the Fairy
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模範子女的定義: 典型的優秀子女‚值得我們去學習的 /榜樣 1.孝順 (百行孝為先) 父母為了教養我們，付出了全心的愛，就算兒女長大成人，他們也不曾絲毫改變那份無微不至、犧牲奉獻的關愛 所以我們應該心懷感恩盡心奉養父母 以感謝父母的撫養 弟子入則孝，出則弟。 意思是：少年弟子回到家裡要孝敬父母，外出要敬愛兄長。 夫孝，天之經也，地之義也。 意思是：孝是天經地義的。出自《孝經》。 好飯先盡爹娘用，好衣先盡爹娘穿。 意思是：好飯先給父母吃，好衣先給父母穿。出自《勸報親恩篇》。 首孝弟，次謹信。 意思是：首先要孝順父母，敬愛兄長，其次要謹慎，守信用。出自（清）李毓秀《弟子規》。 聽」即是留心、尊重、順服及體貼父母所說的或 未說出口的心意或感受 ;「從」即是做父母心所 願、所盼的事，使父母的心喜悅及安慰 2. 坦誠(坦率‚真誠) 真誠待人或與人相處‚ 雙方以真實的言語、真實的感情交往‚ 相互關愛，彼此扶助 坦誠需要存在於家庭的每個成員之間。如果一個人向你坦誠表白一切，是表示他信任你的人格，相對的也需要你對他有最深的尊敬與絕對的守密。健康的坦誠時，是將自己生活中的一部分，不論是愛、是喜、是善良、是醜惡都願意開放給對方。彼此之間不應該有任何的欺騙或隱瞞。
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We often talk about this spiritual practice in the same breath with its companions. We say joy and sorrow‚ happiness and sadness‚ smiles and tears‚ the ecstasy and the agony. The experience of one intensifies our awareness of the other. Sorrow‚ for example‚ may be the price we pay for joy; when we have known great happiness in a relationship‚ we feel its loss more deeply. Or think of those times when you laugh so hard you cry. Joy will usually be part of a set of symptoms presenting in your life
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The Irony in ’The Lottery ’ Shirley Jackson wrote the story ’The Lottery. ’ A lottery is typically thought of as something good because it usually involves winning something such as money or prizes. In this lottery it is not what they win but it is what is lost. Point of views‚ situations‚ and the title are all ironic to the story ’The Lottery. ’ The point of view in ’The Lottery ’ is ironic to the outcome. Jackson used third person dramatic point of view when writing ’The Lottery. ’ The
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half of the century. The Happy Prince‚ one of his collections‚ was published in 1888. The title of the story is an irony‚ as whoever living on the earth‚ have also experienced sufferings‚ so there are no completely happiness. According to the relationship between The Happy Prince and the little Swallow‚ the readers realize a union between two spirits. Moreover‚ both of them find out a real happiness when they compassion and sympathy for the poor. The statue of the Happy Prince is beautiful but
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Significance of Irony Irony is a rhetorical device used to illustrate a discordant situation or verbalization in which the outcome is opposite of what was expected. As a result‚ this writing technique often introduces humor into the storyline‚ depending on the tone of the story. This element of indirectness is partly what makes poetry so interesting. Poetry’s lack of simplicity forces the reader to think independently‚ therefore creating numerous possible interpretations. The techniques of irony used in
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appearance foretold this third time. At this point in the story‚ the narrator is on his way for the third visit to his friend‚ the Signalman. The author uses atmosphere as a tool to make the ending of this story very effective. The evening is described as “lovely” and “the sun was not yet down”. These happy descriptions deceive the readers into thinking that something wonderful is about to happen but in actual fact they are going to be experiencing the exact opposite. The lack of preparation by the
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Irony in “The Lottery” Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” offers an almost classic study of irony of situation: the reader expects a celebration; she gets a stoning. Such a reversal is the work of careful planning by the author. The reader expects the lottery to be a celebration of some sort because Jackson describes the setting‚ details the activities of the townspeople‚ and refers to the lottery itself in terms that belie the outcome of the event. First‚ Jackson establishes a setting which suggests
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favourite country was Spain and a great deal of his works devoted to it. For instance «The Happy man» that was written in 1927. Somerset Maugham’s style of writing is clear and precise. He does not impose his views on the reader. He puts a question and leaves it to the reader to answer it. When criticizing something he sounds rather amused than otherwise. I’d like to analyze the text‚ which is entitled “The happy man”. The author is William Somerset Maugham‚ an English writer. He wrote novels‚ short
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