Irony is used in the stories “Sorry, Right Number” by Stephen King and “Back There” by Rod Serling. Verbal irony uses sarcasm to hide how the character actually feels, while situational irony is what is the opposite of what is expected from that situation. Irony is needed in both of these stories because it builds suspense, makes the desire of the reader to keep reading, and making the overall story more enjoyable. In King’s “Sorry, Right Number”, he uses verbal irony through the stage…
that he includes the reality of what Robert is going through by the killing of the deer—the climax of the story. After the loss of his wife, Robert is lost and to his children this was “as unsettling to them…
exposition which introduced the narrator and the old man, rising action is when the narrator planned to kill the old man, climax is he kills the old man, falling action is the police came to investigate, and the resolution is when the narrator admitted the crime, whereas for Vincent exposition is when he was a normal kid, rising action is when Vincent becomes Vincent Price, in the climax he imagined killing his aunt, and made his own dog into a zombie, falling action is when he went to his room…
The titles of the first three chapters are “Into the Primitive”, “The Law of the Club and Fang”, and “The Dominant Primordial Beast.” These titles all tie into each other through the development of Buck. In the chapter “Into the Primitive”, Buck is in the primary stages of growing to adapt to the harsh environment of the Yukon. When Buck got to the Yukon, he was not expecting a big difference between Santa Clara (his hometown) and the Yukon, but he was wrong. He had to adapt to the small amounts…
He alerts Lucy’s father about her whereabouts, and so her father becomes part important in the conclusion of the story. Our reason behind choosing the act 4 as it is, was because it shows the climax of the movie. Batling comes to get Lucy, kills her, then the Yellow Man kills Batling, then he kills himself. The main characters of the movie, close the movie on a tragedy way. The epilogue, shows images that are related with the prologue; the epilogue…
In the poem, the most important point of the story is described. “A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life,” explains the death of Romeo and Juliet. They love each other so much that they take their lives to be with each other. Aside from the climax being included in the poem, the other main parts of the story are briefly mentioned. The beginning of the poem recounts how the story leads up to the death while the end of the poem is about everything that occurs after it. Sonnet 130 is about…
The setting of ‘The Three Little Pigs’, while unique to the mind of the reader, is essentially the wilderness. The pigs collectively are raised in a household struggling with resources for basic needs, and the mother pig releases the young pigs to become adults and thrive on their own. They each are sent into the same environment with the same purpose. The atmosphere is one of both hope for the success of each pig individually and despair as you realize not all the pigs have made the best use of…
In Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour," we see a marriage that is complicated by the fact Louise feels constrained in the marriage. The relationship Louise has with her husband appears to be a normal one as the story begins. She is distraught and appears saddened by the news that her husband has been killed in an accident going so far as to weep “with sudden, wild abandonment” when told (Chopin). The marriage between the two is loving, but Louise feels trapped in it. We see a wife grieve for…
Even when given proof of things that could be real, she dismisses them without a glance. She is stubbern and not easily persuaded, but loveable and kind so therefor, she is my second faveorite character in Distant Waves, Jane taking first plave. Emma/Amalie- These are the quirky twins who posess the “gift”- - that means that they are mediums and could see into the spirit world. Amalie has the gift more, and never speaks unless through Emma, which is why they are tetnically two people in…
you wealthy was associated with your name. Later in the book this passage helps us better understand why it was so difficult for him to let go of his property. These passages may be the downtime of the novel but they later allow everything in the climax to make sense. These “fillers” (Moretti, 370) give a glimpse of the moral values and standards of the people in the novel and even more so, the people of the 19th…