Alice Tapsikova A Character sketch of Tellson’s Bank In A Tale of Two Cities Dickens describes Tellson’s Bank using the humor and satire. The Tellson’s Bank‚ a type‚ which actually existed in 1780‚ is described by Dickens as "an old fashioned‚ boastful‚ small‚ dark and ugly place with musty odour"(p.51). His derogation with this bank is obvious through the whole description even when he relates staff as "the oldest men carried on bussines gravely" and when he directly says that young men
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The poem the unknown citizen written by w.h Auden portrays from the point of view of the government what or how an ideal citizen should look like. This piece is written in third person omniscient to project a non-bias perspective and that way transmit the “truth” without being affected by feelings or personal point of views. Moreover at the end of the poem the author makes a relevant turn which effect is making the reader question himself if what was depicted before is the right thing‚ if that ideal
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his breast‚ gulped‚ and died.” How can Crane make it any clearer? Death is cruel and careless. Gwendolyn Brooks and Stephen Crane also put irony to work in their poems. When you read Cranes title for the poem you automatically have a feeling of sarcasm and irony. “Do Not Weep Maiden for War is Kind.” This is an incredible use of irony by the writer Stephen Crane. If we were to ask a million people‚ I believe very high numbers of people would say war is not a kind thing. Crane uses this technique
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Olive Senior is a Jamaican poet of high repute and is the author of Gardening in the Tropics. In this poetry volume Senior seeks to tackle history‚ moral issues‚ travel and environmental crises. Senior’s poems are pervaded with irony‚ humour and sarcasm and her tone is conversational and calm. Senior’s style of writing aids in creating a diacritic voice which is evident in the poems “Seeing the Light”‚ “Meditation on Yellow” and “Stowaway”. Senior in an interview with Kwame Dawes entitled “Talk
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Param Patel Mrs. Karen Vann Period C6-7 IB SL English 6 January 2015 Commentary on Hitler’s First Photograph by Wisława Szymborska The poet is Wisława Szymborska and the poem is written in third person omniscient. The literal meaning of the poem is that Hitler is just an ordinary child that is yet to become anything he wants to be. Keeping in mind that his impending future is not the brightest‚ Szymborska ironically represents Hitler as just another ordinary child. The title‚ Hitler’s first photograph
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The Literal and Interpreted Meaning of “Spunk” The Literal and Interpreted Meaning of “Spunk” The word “spunk” is literally defined as a noun used to describe someone who has “informal courage or spirit” (****). The story “Spunk” by Zora Neale Hurston is about a disagreement between two men over a woman. The woman is married to a man named Joe Kanty and is adulterating with the town bully‚ Spunk. Ironically‚ Spunk’s attitude reflects the definition of the literal word. He is feared by everyone
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Analysis of “Ballad of Birmingham” In the “Ballad of Birmingham” Dudley Randall conjures one of the most vivid and vicious chapters from the civil rights movement: the bombing of a church in 1963 that wounded twenty-one and cost four girls their lives. This poem is a dialogue between mother and daughter during which ironically the mother forbids the daughter to march for freedom‚ fearing violence will erupt. Instead she gives her daughter permission to sing in the choir at their church. Dudley
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Mighty Despair: Power and Irony in “Ozymandias” “Ozymandias‚” Shelley’s famous poem‚ reveals the impermanence of human achievement. The poem describes a crumbling statue‚ a “colossal wreck” in the form of a long-lost king. The reader of the poem is thrice-removed from Ozymandias‚ as the speaker relates a story he heard from a traveller who encountered the statue in the desert. A plate beneath the statue reads “Look on my works‚ ye Mighty‚ and despair!” Though Ozymandias presumably means that other
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The Irony of “The Necklace” “The Necklace” has a few different examples of irony in it. Of course it is ironic how the necklace ended up being fake‚ but it is also ironic that Mme. Forestier lied about the necklace being real. Many people think the theme to be to not tells lies and to just be honest‚ and then this would not have happened to Mathilde‚ but Mathilde was not the only one who lied. There is great irony in the fact that the necklace ended up being fake‚ and also that both women lied
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Alex Pearce AP Language Mrs. Borisoff November 11‚ 2014 “The Ugly Tourist” by Jamaica Kincaid Academic Summary In the essay “The Ugly Tourist”‚ Jamaica Kincaid argues through rant that when in the state of being a tourist‚ one is shallow and only appreciates the beautiful skin of a culture and does not really know the depth‚ therefor cannot truly say that it is beautiful. Right off the bat in the first sentence Jamaica describes tourists as “ugly human beings”. These words give out a very strong
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