Irony

satisfaction is always wrought when anyone fully accomplishes something that they set out to do. The ending to The Alchemist was a very fulfilling conclusion featuring the two-part completion of Santiago’s Personal Legend and featuring a comical instance of irony leading up to the final achievement of his search for his treasure that has more than just a humorous tone, reiterating the lessons Santiago has learned from the inner transformation of alchemy. Santiago’s viewing of the pyramids and…

Taking an anti-slavery political stance in the late eighteenth century was not of the popular opinion; however, Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence, did just that. The irony lies within the fact that Jefferson himself had slaves on his plantation Monticello, which causes one to wonder as if he really wanted the blacks to be free in America. On his plantation, he did not pay any of his slaves, or give them any compensation, besides room and board, that was different to…

the reveal of the setting and usual tone of the story, which is peaceful and happy, the audience is given the false pretense that this will be the atmosphere throughout the entire short story. However, these factors contribute tremendously to the irony proposed at the end of the story, which is grotesque and…

The Irony of Life Siddhartha throughout the story attempts to find the understanding of life and his true inner self in order to seek enlightenment which he fulfils by venturing off in the world. While on his journey he encounters other human beings in which he develops relationships with. Encountering these relationships allows for love to develop, in which radically transforms Siddhartha. What was the purpose of seeking enlightenment and abandoning your whole family and friends?…

definitions of irony presented in the Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, Muecke’s list of examples, and assumptions based on examples from class work, irony is quite obviously a three dimensional and fluid term. Studying the term from a logical side, irony is simply using language to deceive the surface point. The Princeton Encyclopedia lists seven definitions of irony; irony as a rhetorical device, dramatic irony, tragic irony, cosmic irony, romantic irony, postmod. Irony, and irony…

The Crucible Essay The word crucible has three different meanings that each contributes its own metaphorical meaning to the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller. A crucible is a piece of equipment for melting substances in a laboratory, a severe test, or a situation in which concentrated forces cause change. Arthur Miller chose During the Salem witch trials in the late 1600’s, people were brought to the court, accused of witchcraft, and then were either sentenced to death or forced to sell out…

In Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, there’s an underlying metaphor throughout the play. The crucible has two meanings, one being a witchcraft trial and the other being a small container used to heat and melt metals and other substances. It’s ironic that Miller used “crucible” in the title of the play because in the small town of Salem, things began to “brew” when the idea of witchcraft came into the play. When people began to be accused of witchcraft, evidently the violent hysteria aroused.…

Irony in I, Robot I, Robot is a novel by Isaac Asimov. I, Robot is about robots and “The Three Laws of Robotics”. The book is a collection of nine stories about the development of robots from past, to present, to future. In I, Robot, Isaac Asimov uses Socratic, Sophoclean, and Situational irony throughout the novel. First, Asimov uses Socratic irony. Socratic irony is used in chapter five, “Liar”. “Well I’ll get started. I’ve got the darnedest job of any of us, so I’m getting out of here and…

said to have a good amount of irony in it. It does in fact have this. The Interlopers is about two men who have a burning hatred for each other and it has been this way for generations in their family name. They both seek to kill the other or have the other die in some way. The irony of this story comes in what happens at the end. The irony in the story is that both men die. This might not sound like irony but it is under the circumstances that they die as to why it’s irony. The two men in…

Irony is a commonly misused literary device. Many people confuse it with coincidence, though in reality it is not. However, if used correctly, it can be extremely potent . All one needs to do is read an outstanding example of it to realize its effectiveness. In the short story “The Cask of Amontillado”, the way Edgar Allen Poe uses irony throughout the entire story is nothing short of genius. To find an example of irony in the story, one does not need to look beyond the main character. The…