Country” is a story of ironies. In the story In Another Country‚ one of Hemingway’s greatest themes is the implausibility of war‚ focusing on the fate of the soldiers in the aftermath of war‚ when they experience the tragedies and futility of their lives. In fact‚ the story offers a rethinking of war-related concepts and values such as bravery‚ heroism‚ patriotism‚ camaraderie‚ etc. and a tool used to convey contrasting or unconventional views is irony. For example‚ irony lies in the fact that
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Irony in "Top of the Food Chain" by T. Coraghessan Boyle 10th Grade English Ms. DeAnna Bridges Veronica Pantin T. Coraghessan Boyle’s "On Top of the Food Chain" is more than just a narration of a selfish person’s mistakes. The narrator’s tone is a literary element used to show man’s indifference for organisms that are of no immediate benefit or are a nuisance to them. _"The thing was‚ we had a little problem with the insects…"_ The narrator’s tone in "Top of the Food Chain" is quickly shown as
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Irony is when there is a situation that is strange because things happen in a way that seems to be the opposite of what you expected. A good example of the word ironic was when New England was settled. Two good examples of the irony during the settlement of New England were the religious and political repressions. The religious repression in New England was a great example of irony. This is so because Puritan separatist groups moved across an ocean to find religious freedom. Some went to Holland
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Irony in ‘A Gospel according to Mark’ How would you feel accepting somebody into your family and allowing them to preach to you when they are not a religious believer themselves? As we learn more in Jorge Luis Borges story ‘The Gospel according to Mark’ we find a unique message that there exists some greater power in the universe that punishes those that do preach what they do not believe. Borges uses irony in a setting to realize the importance of knowing what you teach and the potential‚ yet
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of carefully constructed irony‚ setting‚ and foreshadowing‚ Poe creates a mood that is both chilling and horrifying in “The Cask of Amontillado.” Throughout the story‚ Poe uses countless examples of irony to intensify the unsettling mood that he creates. In the beginning of the story‚ Fortunato encounters Montresor around dusk at a carnival party. Montresor says to him‚ “‘My dear Fortunato‚ you are luckily met. How remarkably well you are looking to-day!’” (374). The irony of this statement is that
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Dramatic Irony in Oedipus Rex In Oedipus Rex‚ by Sophocles‚ there are several instances of dramatic irony. Not only does this irony give the plot a rounder shape‚ but it helps the audience understand‚ or follow along‚ the plot better. Dramatic irony is sometimes used to intensify a scene or act. By doing this‚ the plot of the story‚ or play‚ is made more interesting. One example is Oedipus taunting Teiresias for his blindness‚ both physical and stellar. He says‚ "You sightless‚ witless‚ senseless
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priceless jewels just to find out that they each sold their priceless jewels to get something for one another. One a comb for the now missing hair‚ the other a golden chain for the now sold watch. Man once said that irony allows us to see the flaws in a person. alas in this story‚ irony did not show the flaws of the person‚ it showed the depth of love each felt to each other. When Della looked at her hair and decided to sell it for
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becoming Thane of Cawdor. One of the literary resources that Shakespeare constantly uses is irony. In this case‚ he uses dramatic irony‚ in which the audience is aware of a situation that the other characters are not familiar with. In this specific circumstance‚ he uses the irony to build up the character of Macbeth‚ to let the audience judge him themselves. There are various examples in which the dramatic irony is explicit. The King has high expectations of the deeds that Macbeth is going to fulfill
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Storm and Ben Harrington parked their motorbikes a block away from the van showing the ADF military insignia and the national flag on the sides. “Shit! Just look at the size of it. How awesome is that?” When they first heard about the windowless van parked at the far end of town there was no way they were ever not going to pay a visit. The national recruitment campaign had finally arrived in Coona. Ben got it into his head here was an opportunity to have the kind of life Coona could never offer
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hurricane that hit Galveston‚ Texas in 1900. The perspective of this book is told by Isaac Cline‚ the senior U.S Weather Bureau official in Galveston at the time. Erik Larson points out the mistakes that led bureau officials to dismiss the warnings of the storm‚ as barometers drop Mr. Larson cinematically cuts from the eerie eye of the hurricane to the lunchroom moments before it surrenders to the arriving winds. Larson expertly captures the power the storm’s power and the catastrophic consequences of the
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