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    Enculturation is a groups norms and there culture. Learning to adapt to other culture and‚ the cultures around you. In the movie the lottery they use enculturation many ways. In the first part of the film the kids were running around collecting rocks. Rocks of all sizes and putting them into a pile. The kids are doing this like It’s a game. They are having fun while doing it and other people around are standing there watching them. They are having a normal day. While random people names are called

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    in interrogation rooms. With white painted walls and chrome/silver appliances. I viewed the café as somewhere that the old man could find order and confront the familiar nothingness‚ but I didn’t think the café was anywhere he wanted to be. “The Lottery” was a controversial story written by Mrs. Shirley Jackson. She introduced her audience to an unusual and peculiar ritual held annually in a small village. It was a ceremony in which each resident had the same chance of being murdered‚ and it was

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    One of these stories is called “The Lottery” which is about a village where they perform extremely outdated and unethical traditions where whoever wins ‘the lottery’ will be stoned to death. Everybody has to participate and it is such an old tradition that bystanders have accepted the culture so deeply into their lives that they will not object or act against ‘the lottery’.

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    Authors use many literary devices in order to heighten and enhance their works. Dramatic irony‚ expressions to complementary attitudes understood by the audience but not the characters‚ can make the emotions stronger in literature. Homer is one of many authors who used this technique well. In The Odyssey‚ Homer uses dramatic irony in order to enhance the emotional effect of crucial moments in the storyline‚ especially during the journey of Telemachus‚ the initial return of Odysseus‚ and the restoration

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    Lord of the Flies was written by William Golding in 1954. Irony‚ in literature can be anything from sarcasm to a shocking plot twist that can be inconvenient to the characters toward the end. A type of irony is situational which is where something very unexpected shows up at the last minute making the outcome of the story completely different then you expected. Such as the one in Lord of the Flies that effects one special character named Simon‚ and really almost all the characters. In the story

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    4 August 2012 The Humorous Irony of Huckleberry Finn In literature often time in order to enhance a writing style or spice up a plot line authors will use literary devices. Literary devices such as irony‚ alliteration‚ foreshadowing‚ allusion‚ personification and more‚ each give a piece of literature a unique flare. An author that takes full advantage of literary devices and understands their value is Mark Twain. Twain’s novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn tells the story of Huck Finn a young

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    Dramatic Irony in Macbeth Introduction: William Shakespeare effectively uses dramatic irony to intrigue the reader and deepen the impact of the consequences Macbeth ultimately faces. Dramatic Irony Definition: Dramatic Irony is a literary term that defines a situation in the play where the reader knows more than the character does. Thesis: Throughout the play Macbeth‚ the reader is given the advantage of knowing more things than the characters in the play through the literary device‚ dramatic

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    Effective Dramatic Irony In Oedipus The King‚ Sophocles creates rising action by asking dramatic questions throughout the play. These questions generate suspense in the audience when they become dramatic irony and amplify the climax. During the falling action‚ Oedipus is engulfed in misery when he experiences a reversal of fortune. Finally‚ Oedipus goes through a discovery process ending when he discovers his tragic resolution. According to Aristotle‚ a tragedy consist of a drama that contains

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    Irony in Lord of the Flies In William Golding’s novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ irony is present at every turn. Irony is the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite‚ typically for humorous or emphatic effect. Ironic situations on the island do exactly this as they show both character flaws as well as present a microcosm of the occurrences in the world on a bigger scale. Instances in the novel involving the boys’ fire‚ their abandonment on the island‚ and their

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    provide a brief overview of the relationship between the practice of irony and religious ritual. In particular‚ I will argue that we can understand irony as a technique for fostering human flourishing. In this respect‚ I take that human flourishing is inescapably connected to a context of institutions and social practices within which human beings live. Accordingly‚ in a way that I will spell out in this presentation‚ the practice of irony has consequences for the context of practice which define our pursuit

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