Irony

my interactions with all the books I have read. Irony makes a play or story more enjoyable because it add life and excitement and keep me hook in with the reading. The Kate Chopin in The Story of An Hour is using to create and atmospheric tone and effect the characters and enforces the read to have an emotional response. Authors can use irony to make their audience stop and think about what has just been said, or to emphasize a central idea. Irony to create a discrepancy between what is…

through anything to have her. Throughout much of the novel, Candide in fact does this very thing. As noted previously, the irony is heavily focused on all of Candide’s misfortunes and ability to remain optimistic while doing so, however, each of these occurrences stem from the ever-present goal of reaching Cunegonde, calling to play yet another important display of irony. One of Candide’s travel mates, Cacambo, explains to Candide the horrible news regarding his very love, “But what is even…

In the story Saboteur, an example of irony would be: “During the two weeks of his vacation, he had been worried about his liver, because three months ago he had suffered from acute hepatitis, he was afraid he might have a relapse”(Jin 170). This would be an example of dramatic irony because if was perfectly fine when he got there, why should he worry about suffering again? People worry too much about so many things, he was just being dramatic because he was going somewhere he wasn’t familiar…

charged with tragic dramatic irony in its every word…

is it that creates so much suspense in literature? Irony is used numerous times throughout The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Irony is when a character's words or actions contrast with what happens or what is expected to happen, and is often what makes a story so riveting. Verbal, situational, and dramatic are the three types of irony used during this play. Irony is included in The Crucible many times to enhance the reader's experience. Verbal irony is when a character conveys a meaning using…

Irony in the Cask of Amontillado In Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” Montresor is wants revenge on his friend Fortunato. Though Montresor never explains what is motivating him to seek revenge in the first place, the only clue Montresor offers is by stating that Fortunato has caused “a thousand injuries” upon him. As a result of this wrong doing, Montresor plans to kill Fortunato. Montresor carries out his plan with a great smile on his face and without causing any suspicion of his…

In Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Cask of Amontillado” is packed with irony and an overall dark mood. The story displays a vengeful Montresor fooling an intoxicated Fortunato to his demise. The reader learns Fortunato has insult Montresor and he causes him to become overwhelmed with a need for revenge. Montresor acts as if he is not bothered and pretends to be friends with Fortunato until his obliteration. Irony extends throughout the story when the two men are speaking or when they get into…

Edgar Allan Poe uses a lot a irony in his writing that is one of the ways he helps drive the plot in “The Cask of Amontillado”. In the beginning of “The Cask of Amontillado” Edgar Allan Poe created a dark and mysterious setting. He makes a witty comment during the climax. Montresor said that he is a mason but he is not part of the brotherhood. At the ending of the story Poe leaves you at a cliffhanger. He helps the plot with the setting. Edgar Allan Poe writes dark stories so most of his…

revenge on Fortunato for humiliating him personally. One of the many literary devices used in the story is irony. The irony used in this story is not regular irony but a dark almost twisted irony. The dark irony is short and subtle, but scattered though out the story, so I will discuss the irony in the beginning, middle and end of the story In the beginning of the story there is not very much irony but it is present.…

aspects that could be discussed upon but a main feature in particular is irony. Irony is the main role used by Pushkin to help maintain the story line throughout the twisting and turning of events that occur within The Queen of Spades, for different ironic results. Pushkin expresses his irony in many contrasting techniques and that is what captivates the reader mind, keeping them craving more of the story. The first source of irony is when Hermann the engineer sneaks into the house of the…