Sarcasm

Hamlet has the determination, his personality overtakes his fortitude, consequently he struggles to avenge his father. Throughout the play, the main character Hamlet often talks in a sarcastic way, his personality reflects his personality. Utilizing sarcasm Hamlet tries to hide his feelings from other people. Just as Hamlet encounters his friend Horatio, Horatio informs him “sir we came to see your father’s funeral” (I.ii.175). With regards to Horatio, Hamlet responds “please, don’t make fun of…

Sid Vicious, Banksy chose to showcase a more meaningful and cynical message compared to idolizing another artist. Banksy is using this piece in a form of sarcasm because he is portraying Jef Aerosol as a bad artist without showing any signs of a purpose in the…

Every American seems to have a different view of the country they call home. One person may tell a foreigner the problems they see in their country and what needs to be done to improve, but more often than not, an American will tell you they live in the most wonderful country in the world, and while it has its issues, the positive aspects outweigh the negatives by far. In Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman and Allen Ginsberg’s poem “America,” you see two very different approaches of two…

Autism spectrum disorder, also known as ASD, refers to a wide variety of developmental disorders. It includes a wide range, or spectrum, of skills, symptoms, and levels of disability. Since it is a spectrum, people who have ASD can vary from being high functioning or severely impaired. As well as explaining the overall symptoms of ASD, this paper will also explore a specific type of ASD called, Asperger’s syndrome known as being on the high-functioning end of the autism spectrum. However, there…

That is what humor has become today. Sometimes, people resort to sarcasm; or, as others like to call it, scarcasm. Sarcasm has the ability to harm someone even though you’re ‘just joking’. Even though it may seem funny to you when you say, ‘no one likes you’, it may not be funny to the person who receives the so-called compliment. Another way…

play written by Friedrich Dürrenmatt and contains qualities from both tragedy and comedy. The play follows the billionaire Claire and her quest to exact vengeance upon her ex-lover, Alfred Ill. The use of sarcasm, irony, and Claire’s characterization establish the play as a tragicomedy. Sarcasm is frequent throughout the entire play, and due to its mocking nature it blends together tragedy and comedy. In the first act of the play, the local choir of Güllen sings to Claire as a welcome. However,…

For my book talk, I read Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige, which falls under juvenile fantasy. The story begins in Mission, Kansas, and is later moved to the world of Oz by a tornado. This transportation is much like the one that Dorothy goes through in the famous movie, The Wizard of Oz. Oz, however, is not as it used to be. The author wrote, “My head was swimming. If this was a fantasy, it was a strange one: this wasn’t the Oz that I had read about or seen in the movie. It was as if someone…

Back in 1729, things sucked for the Irish. The crops were dying. The English were bleeding them dry with outrageous rent. Most of them were without homes. All was terrible in the land of the leprechauns. Along came Jonathan Swift. Mr. Swift was born in Ireland, but was technically an English citizen, so he felt a specific kinship with the Irish. He tried to provide solutions, but they were by and large ignored. Therefore, Mr. Swift was forced to get ridiculous. He had to get attention, because…

poetic, and full of flashbacks, type of way that made the book all so the more meaningful and engaging. For example, Melinda the main character sarcasm seems to help Melinda cope with her shabby circumstances, while giving readers some relief from the darkness of her story, I would never lose interest with her witty comments that she would make. Also the sarcasm also expresses her loss of faith in the human race. Secondly, It's written almost in a poetic way because when…

the phrase “I’m confused” (Wallace 774) very often. By stating that he is confused he allows himself to ask further questions about the readers morals without attacking them. Foer on the other hand shows no sincerity at all he is blatant with his sarcasm, and continues to use sarcastic tone to clearly show this. For example, his statement about eating dog instead of other animals continues further when he suggests dog meat supplies “would put even the most efficient grass-based farming to shame”…