The Use of Force "The Use of Force" is a short story by the American author William Carlos Williams first published 1938. The story is narrated in first person by a doctor‚ who is answering a house visit to see a sick girl. Fearing that she may have diphtheria‚ the doctor decides to check her throat. However‚ she refuses to open her mouth and the doctor uses force to restrain her and examine her throat with a spoon‚ which makes the girl very mad. The doctor finds that‚ against her own self-interest
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The doctor in "The Use of Force" is very unprofessional. He describes the patient in a very infatuated way. The doctor also abhors the way the parents of the patient referred to him. And the doctor treats the patient aggressively. From the moment the doctor enters the house. He introduces the girl to us in an infatuated sense. He saw her as a "very attractive little thing" and he described her to have "magnificent blonde hair one of those picture children often reproduced in advertising
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Authors use irony to make stories more exciting. To begin‚ in the movie The Labyrinth‚ there was some verbal irony. Verbal irony is when a character says something that they don’t really mean. The first example of verbal irony was when Sara referred to the labyrinth as a “piece of cake” while she was truly having many difficulties. Another was when Hoggle the goblin said that he could never hurt Sara‚ but he still gave her the poisonous peach anyway. And finally the last was Hoggle said he didn’t
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Irony is an important literary device in many stories and there are many examples of it in “The Stone Boy” by Gina Berriault‚ Animal Farm by George Orwell‚ and The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. In all of these works‚ irony plays an important role in the plot of the story. In “The Stone Boy”‚ the title of the story is a good example of irony. The title indicates to the reader that Arnold has no feelings and is like a stone. The irony here
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Level One The Use of Force is about a girl who may have Diphtheria‚ but refuses to open her mouth to let the doctor look at her throat. After much struggle‚ emotional and physical‚ the doctor forces her to open her mouth and it turns out she does indeed have the disease. Level Two Setting It’s not actually mentioned‚ but it is implied that it at the Olson’s house‚ a doctor is called to look at the daughter as she is not feeling well. The Characters o The parents are pretty static characters
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Irony used in Macbeth During a scary movie‚ the audience knows where the killer is hiding‚ but the characters are clueless. This always keeps the audience on the edge of their seat‚ because they know that the character is going to die. This is an example of dramatic irony. William Shakespeare in Macbeth uses dramatic irony‚ situational irony‚ and verbal irony. Irony is used to add suspense as well as keeping the reader involved‚ to deepen the reader’s understanding of the characters and to emphasize
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story‚ Montresor takes revenge on Fortunado and kills him. Edgar Allan Poe demonstrates irony in “The Cask of Amontillado”. Irony is when something happens‚ but you expected the exact opposite‚ Edgar Allan Poe used irony by having Montresor pretend to care about Fortunado ‚ by making comments about Fortunado ‚ and by Montresor saying he wants Fortunado to have a long life. First‚ Edgar Allan Poe uses Irony “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ when Montresor pretends to care about Fortunado. To illustrate
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Dramatic irony is a literary technique that occurs when an event happens in the story that the audience understands‚ but the story’s characters cannot grasp. William Shakespeare uses this device throughout a numerous amount of his plays‚ whether it be a comedy or tragedy. This particular element‚ in Shakespearian tragedies‚ is used in order to add a tragic element of not knowing to the story. It is also used to engage the audience and to help reveal the tragic flaw that evidently leads to the hero’s
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In the story‚ Lamb to The Slaughter Mary Maloney and Patrick Maloney are husband and wife. The use of irony gives the story a humorous ending and can really make you want to continue reading. At first‚ Mary was nice and loving to her husband‚ until he breaks the news to her of his “affairs”. Situational irony is being used in this story. Patrick‚ knowing how jaunty Mary is‚ he would never aspire of her killing him in an act of jealousy.. “Darling‚ shall I get your slippers?”(2) As one can tell‚ Mary
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The use of force by law enforcement officers is a controversial topic that exists throughout the United States. Within the last couple of years in the United States‚ the use of force by law enforcement officers has gained more of the public’s attention through the cases of Michael Brown‚ Freddie Gray‚ Terrence Crutcher‚ and other cases that gained spotlight through the media and the news. The use of force is defined by the book as the law enforcement officer’s use of weapons and techniques that are
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