Galileo Alkalay Ms. Dudley Period 5 December 10‚ 2012 Irony & The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthrone’s Scarlet Letter is praised as one of the most revolutionary and compelling literary works in modern American history. The narrator’s omniscient‚ descriptive lingustics enfore the story’s captivating plot as well as invokes insights on the moral fiber of each character. For some‚ the novel is an inspiration to readers in regard to the powerful protagonist‚ Hester Prynne‚ with her feminism
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Likes and Dislikes 1. What kind of music do you like? 2. Who are your favorite performers or bands? 3. Do you like music or musicians from other countries as well? If so‚ who or what kind? 4. What kinds of music don’t you like? 5. Can you name some singers or groups that you dislike. 6. Do you like to watch TV? 7. Do you like movies? 8. Do you like to watch TV? 9. What are your favorite kinds of programs or shows? 10. What are your all-time
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People Close to Them in “The Wound Dresser” and “Wars is Kind” @“The Wound Dresser” by Walt Whitman and “War is Kind” by Stephen Crane‚ are both sad yet beautifully poetic works of art that focus on the harshness of war with many similarities displayed in diverse ways like tone‚ writing style‚ theme‚ and how the author’s individual experiences with war have helped create these works of art. @First‚ both “The Wound Dresser” and “War is Kind” are similar in theme when describing the harshness of war
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daughter is sent to church‚ an explosion kills the child. “ ‘Ballad of Birmingham’ provides rich lessons in irony‚ the power of poetry‚ and the history of our country” (Jolley 38). The irony is displayed from the fact that the mother wants to keep her child safe by sending her to church and thus leads to her death is one of the main literary devices that Randall uses in this poem. From this irony‚ one can see how afraid the African American
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news interesting. To me‚ a story has three parts and these parts are Irony‚ Characters‚ and Setting. If we didn’t have irony‚ we wouldn’t have the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite‚ typically for humorous or emphatic effect. Irony remains today one of the most abused terms in the real world to this day. Verbal irony is one of the most common irony you will see in books. Verbal irony is when one character says or does the opposite of what he/she thinks
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Fate is full of irony‚ what you dish out will come back to you. This slogan has never rung truer than in the ironic tale of the Cask Of Amontillado. Presumably taking place in the Italian countryside this story follows the protagonist‚ Montresor‚ in his quest to reap revenge on the antagonist‚ Fortunato‚ for an insult in the past. Ultimately culminating in Fortunato being buried alive this story is a textbook example of revenge. Edgar Allen Poe’s dark tale revolves around themes of betrayal‚ pride
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Comparison and Contrast Essay Two Kinds of Shampoo Fraddy Guillen Writing Level 5 Professor: Martha Guerra 10/30/2012 My hair‚ My way. Last month when I went shopping to BJ’s‚ I notice that the shampoo I’ve using since 4 years ago ran off of the market‚ I was complete disappointed‚ I looked everywhere for it‚ and every place I went‚ they told me the same‚ that if was off of the market. I went back to BJ’S and started looking for a similar shampoo‚ but there were many choices that I didn’t
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Two important literary styles that can be seen in “The Cask of Amontillado” are a point of view and irony. Both components aid in building the suspense that is maintained throughout the story. The narrator (Montresor) uses the first-person point of view in speaking to an unidentified individual. “You‚ who so well knows the nature of my soul” that is never revealed in the story. (pg 1126). Montresor’s demeanor throughout the story is calm‚ confident‚ and void of emotion. He never suggests to the
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A New Kind Of dreaming Anthony Eaton A New Kind Of Dreaming by Anthony Eaton is a story about a town’s haunted past and a boy’s troubled present. When Jamie Riley was sent to Port Barren‚ he did not realize that he would be drawn into the town’s shadowy past and into a web of secrets. As soon as Jamie stepped off the bus he felt “a sense of uneasiness and foreboding” [P.31]. Port Barren is described as a town “full of menace and shadows” [P. 42]. Jamie’s social worker‚ Lorraine‚ warns him against
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