Uses of Dramatic Irony throughout Oedipus Rex Dramatic irony is extremely prevalent throughout the entirety of the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. Dramatic Irony can be defined as when the audience knows something that the characters do not. Through the chorus‚ the audience is told in the introduction that Oedipus is guilty. Throughout the rest of the play‚ the audience is aware of Oedipus’ guilt while he is trying to solve the crime on his own. Sophocles uses the literary device of dramatic irony
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of the vigorous and uneven growth of national life‚ the Middle English period contains a wealth of literary monuments not easily classified. However‚ the romances of that period are grouped in three categories. The romances which deal with English history are known as ‘The matter of England’; romances dealing with king Arthur is called ‘The Matter of Britain’; romances dealing with classical theme is called The matter of ‘Rome the Great’; with the French legends is called ‘The Matter of France’.
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Of all the tragedies of Shakespeare‚ Othello stands out prominently as the one in which the role of chance and accident is the largest. However‚ the larger occurrence of chance and accident in this play doesn’t mean that the significance of these in Othello is also greater than in other tragedies of Shakespeare. Bradley has excellently pointed out the importance of chances and accidents. The skill of Iago was extraordinary‚ but so was his good fortune. Again and again a chance word from Desdemona
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Theme is a very important part of any work‚ whether that work is a poem‚ a short story‚ a novel‚ or even a play. The theme incorporates a common idea‚ emotion‚ or item that is expressed throughout the work using different literary tools and styles. Themes allow a reader to relate to the story‚ learn a lesson or a moral‚ or understand a point that an author is trying to get across. In literature‚ death is a predominant theme. Death is a major part of any religion or worldview‚ and every group handles
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Above the Sea of Fog by the best-known Gothic Romantic Caspar David Friedrich. This artwork was created in 1818 in Hamburg‚ Germany. This landscape is currently displayed at Hamburger Kunsthalle who is as well the owner. This artwork is done on a canvas and the medium is oil. In the painting‚ we can see there is a masculine figure (possibly be the painter) having his back to the painting‚ on top of a mountain or cliff‚ and looking downwards. Some say that he is supposedly looking at the sea that is
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passage and the lecture concerning possible explanations of sea cow’s extinction‚ one kind of marine animal. The reading passage represents 3 theories about the extinction. However‚ the lecture casts doubt on it‚ and gives contradicting evidence. First of all‚ the reading states that native Siberian people over-hunted sea cows‚ eventually resulting in the extinction of them. The lecturer‚ on the other hand‚ disputes it with the statement that the sea cow was so enormous that few of them provide a village
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In Tennessee Williams play The Glass Menagerie the narrator Tom Wingfield (Sam Watterson) is the protagonist. Although Tom’s interest are in literature and poetry he supports his mother and sister at a mediocre warehouse job and spends much of his time dreaming of adventure and a life outside of the dank and dismal apartment he shares with Laura (his crippled sister) and Amanda (his mother). Throughout the play Tom is struggling with the decision to join the Merchant Marines and embark on an adventure
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of “Dracula” began as and still continues to be a classic‚ frightening novel and despite how some would classify it on only a single one end of the spectrum‚ it holds true elements of both literary and commercial fiction. He uses various techniques of writing‚ such as the epistolary plot structure and dramatic irony‚ and elements‚ including suspense‚ to present an unexpected‚ fear-inducing concept based on the xenophobic idea of the Victorian era. In its time‚ Dracula’s specific aspects were deemed
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Poseidon was ruler of the sea. He met a beautiful young girl named Amphrite. Amphrite became Goddess of the sea and they soon married. They then had 8 kids: Thesus‚ Triton‚ Polyphemus‚ Belus‚ Agenor‚ Nelus‚ Atlas‚ and Marina. Marina was their youngest daughter. Amphrite was worried about her daughter. Amphrite and Poseidon were both very busy and desperate‚ so Amphrite took it upon herself to ask her evil older sister Alizeh to look after ands protect her and Poseidon’s’ new born baby. Alizeh
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Tolentino‚ Fenina Gabrielle M. 11074523 January 8‚ 2013 Assignment #1 1. What are the different types of Literary Criticisms? * New Criticism / Formalism - This type of criticism concerns itself with the parts of a text and how the parts fit together to make a whole. Because of this‚ it does not bring in any information outside of the text: biography of the author‚ historical or literary allusions‚ mythological patterns‚ or the psychoanalytical traits of the characters (except those traits specifically
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