A Discussion Of Socratic Irony

There are three different forms of irony used in the textbook: Dramatic irony, situational irony, and verbal irony. Dramatic Irony is used a lot in plays. It is when the reader knows something that the character doesn’t. Situational irony is when something happens that isn’t the expected outcome, typically with sharp contrasts and contradictions. Verbal irony is synonymous with sarcasm.

In the short story “The Cask of Amontillado,” it deals with how someone can turn a seemingly nice night into a horrible and tragic ending. Montresor lures an inebriated Fortunato to show him a rich wine. But in a twist, Montresor chains him up and suffocates him. It uses an exceptional amount of irony, verbal, situational, and dramatic irony. Edgar Allan Poe, author of “The Cask of Amontillado,” writes using three different variants of irony to create an eerie and suspenseful atmosphere within the plot.

Everyone obtains their knowledge in different ways and each person has their beliefs of what is right. Socrates was a wise philosopher from Athens who was known for delineating arguments in which a dedicated student of his named Plato wrote down. Pre-Socratic concepts explored the nature of things through inquiry exposing that much of what we know are just simply dogmas with no definite answer. Through Socrates’ use of the Socratic Method and Socratic Irony he pretends to be ignorant to reveal the ignorance in others using a series of questions resulting in them learning they know nothing; therefore, Socrates inspires us to do the same, regardless of the fact that there is always something we don’t know.

One of the many types of irony used to demonstrate the characters’ actions is verbal irony. The court scene in Act III shows an example of verbal irony. Mary Warren and John Proctor are being questioned in affiliation to Elizabeth’s possession of any poppets. Parris was trying to validate the fact that maybe they were uninformed of her custody of these, that maybe she could have hidden her poppets.(The Crucible Verbal Irony 1) In reply to Proctor, Parris says, “We are here, Your Honor, precisely to discover what no one has ever seen.”(Miller 104) He is simply meaning the court is trying to come upon the poppets that allegedly Elizabeth had hidden in her house, that no one has ever

WetWind Alternatives Corp (WWA) produces electricity through alternative methods such as wave and wind turbines and owns two subsidiaries, Kahuku Wind Inc. and North Shore Wave Electric Inc. (NS Wave), on the north shore of Oahu, HI to utilize the resources of this geographic location in their business venture. Deloitte’s Case 13-06 – “Natural Irony: Accounting Considerations When There Is a Natural Disaster”, discusses a hypothetical scenario where a volcanic eruption causes massive damage to the subsidiaries’ operational assets and poses the question of how to properly record these occurrences in financial statements. The main issue is that Kahuku Wind and NW Wave’s fiscal year end is October 31st so that WWA can have complete

William Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men is novel that explores the political society and its influences. Like several politicians in modern society, several characters have qualities that seem unsuitable to the impression that have made. These ironies in All the King’s Men reveal how the characters have flaws, which can result in critical consequences. Jack Burden, Adam Stanton, Judge Irwin and Willie Stark are characters that with ironic traits.

Irony is the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. This essay will emphasize and recognize the power of irony in American Literature. “To Build a Fire,” “The Story of an Hour,” and “The Crucible” all show strong elements of irony. A quote, pulled from the book “How to Read Literature Like a Professor” says that, “In each case, the sign carries with it a customary meaning, but that doesn’t guarantee it will deliver the received meaning.” Ironic words may have many meanings, but will never have the meaning you expect. In this essay three different stories will represent the three main different types of irony. The types of irony shown in this essay will be situational irony, dramatic irony, and verbal irony.

Situational Irony Ever heard the song “Ironic” by Alanis Morissette? Really big in the early 00’s but anyway, that’s beside the point. It has terribly “ironic” situations like a man buying a lottery ticket at age 98 then dying the next day, 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife, and meeting the man of your dreams, then meeting his beautiful wife. It’s like rain on your wedding day, it’s a free riiiiiide

There are two types of irony in “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin. Situational irony is when unexpected acts occur, contrary to what a person is waiting. Also, dramatic irony that happens when the audience knows more than the speaker of what is expected. Situational irony was used when Brently Mallard who is supposed to be dead walks in and Mrs. Mallard is the one that dies. Furthermore, instead of Mrs. Mallard being sad for her husband’s death she is whispering about her freedom.

“ Henry didn’t mind sitting in the back of the bus. But for some reason Sheldon seemed to resent it” (Ford 214).

A strongminded man who has everything going for him, nice job nice car, great friends, etc. comes home every night to a sick mother whom he takes care of after a long day of living a lavish life. His one weakness is his sick mother because she taught him everything. No one, not even his best friend knows about his other life and so that 's how he keeps it. Oh the irony right? Big strong man afraid to live his truth in fear of change and facing his reality. In The Metamorphosis, author Franz Kafka speaks on a character name Gregor, who somehow manages to transform into a hideous insect, and the ironic life he lives. During the story Gregor has a family whom he cares for, a job as a salesman, and a lack in

their adversity to seeing the sun with the line, “...and if anyone tried to loose

Plato’s writings can begin to tell you a lot. You can recognize that philosophers are someone who is engrossed in philosophy, a thinker, a lot like Socrates. Philodoxers are lovers of wisdom and opinion, a lot like Euthyphro.

I am a very solitary person (says the married man with three small, clingy children, who teaches literature and plasma physics to 300 people at a time); I am at my happiest when I am unbothered, unnoticed, and uninvolved with my fellow man. The irony is that while I am waxing monastic, all that time spent in quiet contemplation is fully devoted to the study and investigation of my fellow man. Yet, how closely can I possibly come to finding true happiness if I desire to find it alone?

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