Irony

widely admired for his skillful use of irony—the discrepancy between what appears to be true and what actually is true. There are three main types of irony. Verbal irony occurs when a character says one thing but means another. Situational irony occurs when a character or reader expects one thing to happen but something else actually happens. Dramatic irony occurs when the reader or audience knows something that a character does not know. For each type of irony, provide an example from “The…

the horrific events that added up to Fortunato’s death. Throughout the story, Poe uses dramatic, situational, and verbal irony, as well as foreshadowing to create suspense. These elements are present to show the characterization of Montresor as a clever and cruel killer. The irony throughout “The Cask of Amontillado” reveals the characterization of Montresor. Dramatic irony is found throughout the entire story, as Fortunato does not clue into Montresor’s plan to kill him. Montresor reveals…

All” both exemplify a similar use of irony, conflict and theme. In the story The Possibility of Evil Firstly, The Possibility of evil and “Just Lather, That’s All” expresses dramatic, situational, and verbal irony. One example of dramatic irony is when Miss Strangeworth is so conncentrated that she drops one of the letters and does not notice. This is ironic as we now know that Miss Strangeworth is going to be caught. Another example of situational irony is when Miss Strangeworth believed…

something that Montresor feels as betrayal. The story does not say what Fortunato did to Montresor but Montresor decides that he must punish Fortunato by killing him. Analyzing the story focusing on the elements of fiction: setting, symbolism and irony we can see that the theme of “The…

both started out as equals but eventually turned into the leaders they rebelled against. Animal Farm contains many different kinds of literary elements which make this an interesting and exciting fable. These different elements include; symbolism, irony, personification, and allegory.…

nigger. Outspoken Octavia shouts, “Nobody . . . calls us niggers”, which gets the whole group fired up and ready to fight troop 909 (1083). Troop 909’s alleged use of the word “nigger” versus the Brownies use of the word “Caucasian” creates verbal irony (1083). The brownies want to beat up troop 909 for calling them niggers yet they use the word “Caucasian” in an equally negative context with an equal derogatory meaning. The story gets even more…

When you first take a look at The Rape of the Lock, and A Modest Proposal, they seem like wildly different pieces of writing. In one, a person presents a proposal to fix the poverty issue in Ireland by eating children. The other tells a story of a superficial woman who makes a big fit about getting her hair stolen. But while Rape of the Lock and A Modest Proposal are two very different pieces of writing thematically, they share a lot of the same propaganda and humor techniques that were a…

together, yet the first time you informally meet, if it ever comes into being, you may not remember at all. This is how Wislawa Szymborska perceives love at first sight. In the poem “Love at First Sight,” Wislawa Szymborska uses multiple examples of irony, a thought-provoking interpretation of chance and fate to bring a humorous tone to…

differences. The things I will be comparing and contrasting are things like mood settings and the irony of these two stories. I will also add another paragraph after the comparing and contrasting to add more information about the topic. All the things that I say in these two paragraphs will be comparing the stories.The mood of the stories at the begining of each story was happy and fun.The irony of both stories are a lot in common because of the oppisite things happening. The setting of the…

“Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind”. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, former president of the United States of America stated the following quote to the United Nation’s General Assembly on September 25, 1961. He introduced the topic of mankind and how war can destroy relationships between people. What Kennedy is trying to convey is that war executing is the lives of not only people participating in war, but mankind in general. Kennedy’s logic relates to the short story,…