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O.Henry’s unique style was often reflected in his work. One element of his unique style was situational irony. This means that his stories had surprise endings or sudden, surprising plot twists. In the short story, “After Twenty Years” by O.Henry, Bob, a criminal, believes that he is reuniting with and old friend, but he finds that the man he was walking with is not who he thought he was. “You’re not Jimmy Wells,” (228). This shows situational irony because Bob suddenly finds out that he has been tricked and the plot takes a turn in a whole other direction. This classic connects to O.Henry’s life and style because it reflects elements of his own experiences. Since both Bob and O.Henry were caught and arrested, his characters often reflected…

Mark Twain wrote the satirical comedy, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, to display the irony of societies beliefs. It is about a little boy who travels down the Mississippi River in the mid-1800s, running away from his problems, facing obstacles and learning about himself and the world around him. Twain’s ideas and beliefs differed from the majority of society during this time. The book uses irony to expose the absurdity of racism, the advantages and disadvantages of a formal education, and…

In this passage from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Twain uses dramatic irony to show that what the King and Duke are doing is very wrong because they are just trying to get money and property from Peter Wilks, a man who just died, and they don’t belong with this family that just experienced a death. By the use of dramatic irony in this passage it is shown that the audience knows more than the characters in the book. So, this man named Peter Wilks just passed away, and his…

nation partaking in the war begin to develop vigorous pride and faith in their country; though, author and humorist, Mark Twain, was not one of these citizens. Mark Twain wrote numerous pieces of satire that represent his idea of wartime emotions. An example of one of these satirical pieces is Twain’s The War Prayer. In Mark Twain’s “The War Prayer,” he uses various satirical devices, such as hyperbole and irony, in order to convey his opinion on the connection between religion and war. One of…

Mark Twain wrote his first short story in 1865 and it was named “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”. The story had a great success, and still the readers all over the world love it. The plot of the story is simple and looks like an anecdote, told by the barmen Simon Wheeler. The narrator was looking for Leonidas W. Smiley, who may or may not have stayed in the mining camp where barman worked. Still, Wheeler had remembered only Jim Smiley and decided to tell the story about the…

Irony in Good Country People Good Country People by Flannery O’Conner, touches upon the identities of Christians of Southern America and also focuses on the part played by intellectualism and physical challenges in the development of identity of individuals. The entire plot is spiced with tearing irony. There are four clear sections in the story emphasizing the relationships between four prime characters. The irony of the story encompasses the social and religious parameters and the rude outlook…

In this essay I will be talking about the irony presented in the following stories: The Man to Send Rain Clouds by Leslie Mamon Silko, Dear Mountain Room Parents by Maria Semple, Bedtime Story by Jeffrey Whitmore, Hide and Seek by Douglas L. Haskins, and Equal Rites by Mark Plants. I show why the authors used irony in their stories instead of another literary resource, and why they used it. In The Man to send Rain Clouds, the irony found is that they sprinkled holy water over the corpse, so…

Irony in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne Irony is ever-present in the great American novel, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Irony is used to let the readers understand what is going on and help them know what the characters do not know, as well as something that happens that is not expected by the readers. It is used throughout the growth of the characters in the novel, and irony is used as a key to help the readers know what is happening since they cannot be there for…

event prompts the three rioters to seek Death? The rioters mark to passing of a coffin and asked who died. A servant tells them that the dead man was a friend who was stabbed in the back the night before by a thief called Death. The rioters believe that Death might still be in the next town, so the decide to seek him out and kill him. In what way is their discovery at the old tree unexpected? Because they were searching for Death, and the old man said that they would find him under the tree.…

audience was already familiar with the play and characters, giving Sophocles many opportunities for the use of dramatic irony and subtle allusions. Dramatic irony is used to allow the audience to gain a deeper understanding of Oedipus’ complex character and to heighten the sense of tragedy within the play. Throughout the play, two noticeable patterns of dramatic irony emerge that depict Oedipus’ two distinct roles. At the beginning of the play, dramatic irony is used to accentuate the…