Amusement in “The Ransom of Red Chief”.

The first example of situational irony would be Fortunato’s name, which means fortunate in Italian, an ironic name for someone who is about to be left in the catacombs to die. Another example of irony is when Montresor says, “It must be understood that neither by word nor deed had I given Fortunato cause to doubt my good will. I continued as was my wont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation” (Poe, 3). Obviously this is dramatic irony as Fortunato has no idea that Montresor is smiling because he will kill him rather than actually being happy to meet him. Also verbal irony is present when Montresor says,

For example, when Melvin and Priscilla were being treated poorly by Monk, “...Priscilla had Monk in a hammerlock” (peck 345). The author uses unusual situations to create humor. This hilarious situation creates humor because Priscilla, a female, takes on the bully of the school, Monk. This creates an ironic, comic situations because you would never expect a girl to beat up a boy. This produces chuckles and grins from the readers since Priscilla play the role of a bigger person. Another example of a comic situation is when Priscilla had stuffed “..Monk into her own locker” (Peck 345). This laughable situation creates humor because Priscilla again plays the role of a bigger person by standing up for herself and the other students who had been bullied by Monk and his Kobras. The way the author described how Priscilla stood up to the bully resulted in the audience smiling and snickering. In summary, the comic situations in this short story display humor in forms of chuckles and snickers from the

Irony is a very big part of a story, because it can create new elements in a story. Some of these elements may include humor and theme. "The Ransom of Red Chief" is a great example for this.

Yelling “oh great!” after failing a test demonstrates one example. Someone wouldn’t really be happy about that; the irony is being overly positive about a negative occurrence. When the author writes, “you’re a game hunter not a philosopher, who cares how the jaguar feels” (Connell 18), and when Rainsford becomes the “Jaguar” later it is a little ironic. Connell wanted us to think about how a jaguar feels, and why they would be talking about that. When it came to the part in the story where he was being hunted, the readers think back to where the jaguar is mentioned and might think how that was ironic. The author was effective at showing irony. Another example of irony is, “ ‘...you’ll have a cocktail, Mr. Rainsford,’ he suggested” (Connell 22). He wanted the audience to think about how General Zaroff was being overly nice to a stranger he just met, but then, all of a sudden, changed into a psychopath, a murderer who hunts people for fun. The author made the reader believe Zaroff was generous and kind, and Rainsford probably believed it too. Zaroff acted this way to get Rainsford’s trust, so he could set him free and hunt him

Irony is described by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as “the incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result”. “Ransom of the Red Chief”, as short story written by O. Henry, is full of all types of irony. In this short story a boy, Johnny Dorset, is taken by two kidnappers, Sam and Bill. Ironically, by the end of the story it is the kidnappers who pay ransom to the father. In “Ransom of the Red Chief”, there are many examples of irony which help to enhance the story. Throughout this tale, there are multiple examples of situational, dramatic, and verbal irony.

“The Screwtape Letters,” a novel written by C.S. Lewis, demonstrates many uses of satire. Satire is a way of writing which involves humor, exaggeration, and irony. It is also used to make a mockery of or expose a person’s stupidity. It is often used for the reader’s entertainment. When interpreted the way the author has intended, it adds a whole new meaning to the story. In a way, it allows the reader to connect with the author and the characters. It also makes reading more amusing.

A very dull and boring story can be made into a great story simply by adding in something that is unexpected to happen. When the unexpected is used in literature it is known as irony. An author uses irony to shock the reader by

Irony is one of the most powerful elements of figurative language. It creates a feeling of foreshadowing and sometimes humor in a rather unique way. Irony is a way of telling a story in that something happens that seems the opposite of what one would think. There are plenty of examples of the three types of irony in Night by Elie Wiesel. This essay will discuss the times verbal, situational, and dramatic irony were used in Night.

Allusions are a literary device often used by authors to further some aspects of their work. This is especially evident in The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. Larson uses allusions in many ways to make help make connections in the readers’ minds.

A sense of dramatic irony is thought to be used throughout the reading. However, the book often takes a turn so that the reader’s previous thoughts on the plot are changed.

For example, verbal irony is shown as the reader witnesses Kim stating “how can you cry for those things” and “I think they’re disgusting”(537). It’s verbal irony because at the end of the story Kim leaves the narrator for a caveman. There's also dramatic irony because Kim is having an affair with a caveman. The reader understands this, there's several signs of her being intimate with a caveman in the basement, she would come back up all wet. The narrator is clueless on what's going on with his girlfriend of ten years. In addition, Kim and the narrator experience a stark role reversal, an example of situational irony is because at the beginning of the story the narrator is a sloppy mess.The narrator starts to clean the house, dress up nicely for her, and

An example of humor is when he uses personification in writing, "Five thousand tongues applaud.". When people image this in their minds they see someone with their mouths open and their tongue clapping, this image is amusing. Another way Ernest uses humor is by when he wrote about the umpire calling a strike and the crowd stated yelling kill him.The audience was getting worked up because they think Casey is the best player, and he doesn't deserve a strike. Also, another example is when he wrote,"We'd

Without doubt, Edgar Allan Poe’s story is one of the author’s masterpiece. The story is an exhibit of artistic genius with various literary features well incorporated. Among them, irony, defined as, “A figure of speech which is a contradiction or incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs”, is the most evident. Allan Poe demonstrates the use of various types of irony throughout the play, which he uses to pass the intended message to the audience.

The story Don Quixote is a burlesque, mock epic of the romances of chivalry, in which Cervantes teaches the reader the truth by creating laughter that ridicules. Through the protagonist, he succeeds in satirizing Spain’s obsession with the noble knights as being absurdly old fashioned. The dynamics of the comedy in this story are simple, Don Quixote believes the romances he has read and strives to live them out, and it is his actions and the situations that he finds himself in during his adventures that make the reader laugh. We can define comedy as something that entertains the reader and that makes us want to laugh out loud and Cervantes succeeds in doing this through his use of

Humour and satire are two concepts that are both wide ranging and diverse, from dark, to light hearted, with each producing a different effect. Humour in the main, is something that is used to please the audience, its function is to invoke laughter amongst its audience. Satire is used to create a comical critical view of the subject at hand, this can range from a light hearted comical way, to a judgemental way, with each style giving the text a different meaning, however this does not mean that satire cannot be humorous, which can evident in the use of parody and irony within texts. Within literature both concepts play an important role to how the text is viewed, humour can include word play, grammatical jokes, to even inside jokes with the author and reader, and with satire, including that of irony and parody, with each style and type delivering humour in its own unique way. These differing styles of humour can be found in a variety of forms including Jasper Forde’s The Eyre Affair (2001), with its silly atmosphere, word play and grammar jokes, and the use of light hearted satire and parody to brighten up the text, and Julian Barnes A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters (1989), where there is a more serious atmosphere, with a more critical, satirical eye on history and characters, as well as using irony to achieve its comical effect, and the position of the world. Each text is humorous and satirical in its own right, and with each author using different techniques to