between two lovers‚ but in this scene Shakespeare has managed to change that by introducing a love tragedy theme in the scene. Act 3 Scene 5 is a significant scene because it’s one of the vital parts of the play‚ that’s built with a variety of dramatic irony. At the start of the scene‚ love & concern of Lord Capulet for his daughter is obvious. This is seen in the beauty of the language in his first speech: the alliteration of “doth drizzle dew” and the striking metaphor of Juliet’s body being a bark
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Charlie Stowe and his father. Also because without it we would never come to assume that Charlie Stowe’s father is in fact a spy‚ who is being arrested for spying for the Germans or the ’Huns’ as his wife calls them. This creates the effect of dramatic irony as Charlie‚ who has observed exactly what we see‚ does not relise why his father has been taken away by two strangers in ’belted mackintoshes’. How Does Greene Establish The Similarity between Charlie Stowe And His Father? Greene establishes
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contempt for marketing techniques by using irony‚ diction‚ and hyperboles. The use of irony is evident in this mock press release. The author uses this irony to point out logical flaws sometimes seen in advertisements. For instance‚ a woman claims that “after wearing MagnaSoles for seven weeks‚ [she’s] noticed a significant decrease in pain” (lines 59-60). Customer testimonials are often used as an advertising technique. However‚ this particular one is showing irony because the injury of a sprained ankle
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Leo Tolstoy Literary Analysis: Irony A parable often contains irony‚ because the lesson of the story may be obvious to readers but not to the main character—at least until it’s too late. Irony refers to literary techniques used by a writer to portray differences between appearance and reality‚ expectation and result‚ or meaning and intention. In dramatic irony‚ there is a contradiction between what a character thinks and what the reader knows to be true. In irony of situation‚ an event occurs that
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horrible life‚ where he seeks refuge turns out to be a conspiracy of the government. Through the irony and the tone Russel uses in his story‚ he implies that the global population’s majority doesn’t realize where technological development leads them and deteriorates their personal skills. The details that Russell uses to describe the exaggerated aspects included in a fictional society convey the satirical irony in our era. Ironically‚ Bob Crane ignores all advertisement around him. “As his feet touched
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marriage for his own selfish reasons. As well as being selfish‚ Birling is rather overconfident in his opinions. His mistaken view of the “unsinkable Titanic” is an example of dramatic irony. This is ironic as the Titanic actually sank but only the audience is aware of this. Another example of the use of dramatic irony is when Birling says “The Germans don’t want war. Nobody wants war….. I say there isn’t a chance of war” This is also ironic as two years after this play was set‚ WWI began‚ followed
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FIGURES OF SPEECH: literary resources used to provide vividness‚ intensity and beauty to poetry and prose.” RESEMBLANCE METAPHOR: transfers attributes from one object to another‚ identifies. The bishop was a pillar of the church (pillar=strength : bishop= strength) He was a very serpent on my path (serpent= evil‚ danger: he=evil‚ danger) SIMILE: compares two things to clarify the meaning of one of them by using “as” or “like” to link them The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold
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discussion is the humor and irony that is used in the play The Importance of Being Earnest written by Oscar Wilde. In the play the comedy and dramatic irony used made the plot and material engaging. By giving a description of comedy and dramatic irony‚ it is hopeful that you can see and understand why I felt his writing provided the characteristics of both in my analysis. The puns and paradox that were used created the comedic aspect within the play and the dramatic irony which was shown in many parts
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subtle‚ such as juxtaposition‚ which can go unnoticed by the reader. In The Things They Carried‚ Tim O’Brien uses many such techniques to provide more depth to his book. Four literary techniques used by Tim O’Brien are symbolism‚ pathetic fallacy‚ irony‚ and juxtaposition. One literary technique prominent in The Things They Carried‚ particularly in the story by the same name‚ is symbolism. Throughout this story‚ O’Brien mentions all the things that the soldiers carry with them‚ both physical and
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elephants”. The big similarity between these two works was the two author’s use of irony. The Title of the story "Hill like White Elephants‚" is ironic‚ because a white elephant is a term used for something that you don’t really want‚ but have to accept. The story is about abortion‚ and how the baby is coming between the couple. In this case the baby is a white elephant that the man does not want. In A&P the irony came when Sammy decided to step up to the plate and quit right in front of his boss
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