Irony

questioned. This is my favorite story because it gets me thinking about my family’s traditions. The symbolism, foreshadowing, and irony in the story is what really hooked me. The irony of the story was very interesting. In the story, you don’t actually win the lottery, you die instead. When Tessie died at the end was willing shocking. I didn’t expect that to happen. Another irony in the story was the setting.…

for his vivid depiction of setting and liberal use of imagery. Eliot incorporates nuanced poetic elements-- the most marked of these being irony, figurative language, and sound devices-- in order to parody his colleagues’ picturesque, romantic poetry, thereby contending that literature often fails to reflect the crude authenticity of actual relationships. Irony is a key element of “Prufrock,” ostensible…

To explore the discussion on the great irony of American history, first we must understand how Niebuhr defines irony. He states that, “irony consists of apparently fortuitous incongruities in life which are discovered, upon closer examination, to not be merely fortuitous. If virtue becomes vice through some hidden defect In the virtue; if strength becomes weakness because of the vanity to which strength may prompt the mighty man or nation; if security is transmuted into insecurity because too…

Irony of The Story of an Hour In The Story of an Hour, Kate Chopin uses contextual symbolism and irony to criticize American societal oppression of married women during the nineteenth century. It is also important to note Chopin’s prolific use of labyrinthine language and elusive wording to cause her audience to augment on all the veiled meanings portrayed within her short story. Chopin’s most cleverly masked weapon used is the teasing language contrived to tempt the audience to make…

that sometimes it’s good to let go of the past. This shows that the men were letting the past influence their opinions of each other, and the fact that they change so dramatically during the story is surprising. This story is a also a good example of irony. The theme makes the story ironic, because when they’re about to fight, nature decides they need a wake up call and traps them under a tree which leads to them being friends. When they finally put aside their differences they die, showing that…

not emerge from gender issues, but it derives from the internal struggle that a woman has to speak for herself; this is supported by Chopin’s use of irony, symbolism, and repetition.…

audience sees Achilles true character with his brutal actions towards Hectors dead body. The imagery of horses and running is used to connect the epithets of Achilles and Hector. When they are chasing each other around in circles, this shows the irony of how swift-footed Achilles, and horse-taming Hector, can’t defeat one another. In addition, Hector’s running also symbolizes his true nature. Hector is running because he is…

become a stressor that eventually lead to his downfall. Despite his troubling transformation, work remained the focus of Gregor’s attention, as his primary role as a worker made him “the boss’s creature, mindless and spineless” (Kafka 8). This use of irony, as Samsa should perhaps be focusing foremost on his metamorphosis, expresses…

they sense Grenouille to be peculiar. The tone throughout this quote is harsh, sad, angry, and corrupt because the children wanted to kill a baby and learned through their care taker that brutality was accepted. Next, the author displays dramatic irony by ending the story at the orphanage where they tried to kill him. This presents cyclical structure by showing how ironic it is that Grenouille dies in the orphanage that wanted to end him. At the beginning of the book, Grenouille starts off…

contact with that teacher to this day! This year she retired from teaching, and I was able to find a replica of the lock given to those in attendance for the annual séance, and give it in symbolism of the doors she and Houdini unlocked in my life. The irony is that she had had an old chest that for years held some of her most treasured items. After receiving…