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Irony Essays and Term Papers
Irony In The Rocking Horse"The Rocking-Horse Winner" by D.H. Lawrence is a story about a boy named Paul who lives with parents that lack love and are filled with greed. Tormented by a house that whispers to him, Paul dies trying to convince his mother that he is lucky by picking horse race winners while he rides a rocking ...
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Haircut: IronyThe tone of the short story "Haircut" is dramatic irony, for the remarks of the first-person narrator, Whitey the small town barber, have the opposite effect from what he intends. Whitey does not understand the implications of his stories when he describes Jim as a joker or "a card" and ...
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Aaron And Brutus: The Irony Of ViolenceThroughout history, Rome has been a model of modern civilization. The concept of an orderly, civilized Roman polity contrasted by an anarchic, barbaric society of Goths has been popular, and was especially in Elizabethan England, considering that a basic education in classic culture was common. ...
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Paper On IronyAs children we make many idle threats and angry promises, never
realizing the impact they could bestow upon our lives. At the age of
fifteen I learned that lesson the hard way. The words my mother and I had
exchanged during common adolescent--parent confrontations were now my
reality. I had no ...
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Comparion Between: A Doll's House And Crime And PunishmentThere are many links between Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
and A Doll's House, by Henrik Isben. Each character goes through many
ironic situations. Throughout both of the works all three types of irony
are used. In this essay irony is going to be used to link the two works
together. ...
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Oedipus Rex, by Sophocles, (as translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald), is replete with dramatic devices - one of which is known as Sophoclean Irony. Sophoclean Irony can be divided into two terms: unconscious and conscious irony. Unconscious irony occurs when a character speaks what he believes is ...
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Oedipus Rex, by Sophocles, (as translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald), is replete with dramatic devices - one of which is known as Sophoclean Irony. Sophoclean Irony can be divided into two terms: unconscious and conscious irony. Unconscious irony occurs when a character speaks what he believes is ...
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Macbeth A Story Of Our TimeThe Irony and Symbolism
Such is the genius and so great is the scope of Shakespeare's writings that there can be little doubt that a common perception is one of an imaginative mind concocting stories. In fact Shakespeare had many sources and much of his work was based on historical fact.
Holinshed ...
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Oedipus Rex 7Oedipus Rex, by Sophocles, (as translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald), is replete with dramatic devices - one of which is known as Sophoclean Irony. Sophoclean Irony can be divided into two terms: unconscious and conscious irony. Unconscious irony occurs when a character speaks what he ...
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Swift's "A Modest Proposal"In his lengthy literary career, Jonathan Swift wrote many stories that used
a broad range of voices that were used to make some compelling personal
statements. For example, Swifts, A Modest Proposal, is often heralded as
his best use of both sarcasm and irony.
In his lengthy literary career, ...
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The Ironies Of 1984The novel 1984, by George Orwell, has many examples of irony throughout it. The two major types of irony: verbal irony and situation irony, are demonstrated again and again in this novel. In the following essay I will discuss these types of ironies and give examples of each from the book.
The ...
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To Kill A MockingbirdHarper Lee's is a highly regarded work of American fiction. The story of the novel teaches us many lessons that should last any reader for a lifetime. The messages that Harper Lee relays to the reader are exemplified throughout the book using various methods. One of the most important and ...
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The Ironies Of 1984The novel 1984, by George Orwell, has many examples of irony throughout it. The
two major types of irony: verbal irony and situation irony, are demonstrated
again and again in this novel. In the following essay I will discuss these types
of ironies and give examples of each from the book.
The ...
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Swift's "A Modest Proposal"In his lengthy literary career, Jonathan Swift wrote many stories that used a broad range of voices that were used to make some compelling personal statements. For example, Swifts, A Modest Proposal, is often heralded as his best use of both sarcasm and irony. Yet taking into account the persona ...
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A Modest ProposalJonathan Swift:
In his lengthy literary career, Jonathan Swift wrote many stories that used a broad range of voices that were used to make some compelling personal statements. For example, Swifts, , is often heralded as his best use of both sarcasm and irony. Yet taking into account the persona ...
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Jonathan Swifts A Modest PropoJonathan Swift: A Modest Proposal
In his lengthy literary career, Jonathan Swift wrote many stories that used a broad range of voices that were used to make some compelling personal statements. For example, Swifts, A Modest Proposal, is often heralded as his best use of both sarcasm and irony. Yet ...
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The Ironies In Orwell's 1984The novel 1984, by George Orwell, has many examples of irony
throughout it. The two major types of irony: verbal irony and situation
irony, are demonstrated again and again in this novel. In the following
essay I will discuss these types of ironies and give examples of each from
the book. ...
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The Ironies Of 1984The novel 1984, by George Orwell, has many examples of irony throughout it.
The two major types of irony: verbal irony and situation irony, are
demonstrated again and again in this novel. In the following essay I will
discuss these types of ironies and give examples of each from the book.
The ...
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Pride And Prejudice - PridePride and Prejudice is one of the most popular novels written by Jane Austen. This romantic novel, the story of which revolves around relationships and the difficulties of being in love, was not much of a success in Austen's own time. However, it has grown in its importance to literary critics and ...
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The Ironies Of Orwell's 1984The novel 1984, by George Orwell, has many examples of irony throughout it. The
two major types of irony: verbal irony and situation irony, are demonstrated
again and again in this novel. In the following essay I will discuss these types
of ironies and give examples of each from the book.
The ...
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