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John Proctor is asked to name all the Ten Commandments to prove that he is a good Christian. He is able to name all of them except for adultery. He forgets about adultery being a sin and Elizabeth then reminds him. This is ironic because John Proctor had committed adultery and the reader and Elizabeth know this. It is comical, because the very thing he has committed, he forgets and his wife has to remind him about it. This example of irony also relates to my quote about morality. John knows what he has done is wrong and it shows in an ironic way. It contributes to the overall story and drama because it adds comic relief, and shows the faults of

            In The Devil and Daniel Webster there is the same type of irony but different world views. Daniel, against all odds, beats the devil and saves Mr. Scratch. Even though the jury picked are

The irony with the narrator finding the Bible is that even though he is so far away from the South and in New York, a place that is socially different from the south he is able to feel homesick due to the book. Likewise, it is ironic how the narrator finds a bible after just alluding to the Bible.

The definition of irony is a contrast between two things. One example is verbal irony. It is a contrast between what someone says and what one means, while dramatic irony is a contrast between what the characters know to be true and what the readers know to be true. Many writers use irony in their short stories to prove a dramatic point, or just to develop a story for upcoming use. These short stories by Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” (140), Susan Glaspell’s “A Jury of Her Peers” (183), and Stephen Crane’s “The Blue Hotel” (229), spin a tale of symbolic irony. Each tell a tale paradoxical twists with sublime contradiction where one is led to believe one side of an event, yet it is dragged down a twisted trail of mental sarcasms coupled with death. It is a known fact that many tales of irony require many major events to twist the order they are written in to create a viewpoint that stride away from the main topic or where the author wants the reader to end up.

To begin with, Joyce Carol Oates had the idea of using irony from the beginning of “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” to the end of the passage. The irony used shaped emotions of specific characters such as Connie to represent the moments of personal realization of regret during dangerous or risky situations. Connie’s family, especially herself, is shown to have a distance from a church or any religious values. Connie was also shown to have no morals through her rebellious acts with her friends. Oates even expressed that “one Sunday Connie got up at eleven…” and that “...none of them bothered with church…” (pg 3). The teenager was also involved in the evolution of music in the 60’s and always heard music wherever she went. It

An example of dramatic irony would be when Baba tells Amir that the only major sin one can commit is theft. His quote that depicts this would be, “When you tell a lie, you steal someone’s right to the truth.” This is ironic because Baba himself withheld the fact that Amir and Hassan were half-brothers, meaning he stole his friend’s wife, as well as Hassan’s right to a family. He lectures Amir on moral and integrity, but refuses to admit to his own mistakes, which results in him living a false and immoral life. The irony in the relationship between Baba and Amir is that Baba tries to pass down positive traits to Amir, and Amir attempts to inherit those traits by trying to become more like Baba, but the most significant quality they both come to share is betrayal. Both father and son deceive their friends in different ways. Baba steals his friend’s wife while Amir refuses to help Hassan, and abandons him after doing so. Another one of Baba’s quotes that portrays irony would be, “Believe me that there’s no one you’d rather have at your side than a Pashtun.” This is also ironic given that Amir didn’t help Hassan while he was being bullied by Assef and the other kids despite being a Pashtun himself. The story starts off with an irony because while Amir’s motive for getting the kite was to make Baba proud, his father would’ve actually been disappointed if he had known about Amir’s betrayal to Hassan. “In a moment, I'd blink and rouse from this beautiful dream, get out of bed, march down to the kitchen to eat breakfast with no one to talk to but Hassan. Get dressed. Wait for Baba. Give up. Back to my old life. Then I saw Baba on our roof. He was standing on the edge, pumping both of his fists. Hollering and clapping. And that right there was the single greatest moment of my twelve years of life, seeing Baba on

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.

Nathaniel Hawthorne uses irony to a different effect in his short story, “Young Goodman Brown”. “Young Goodman Brown” is about a man who, unbeknownst to his wife, goes on a journey into the forest with questionable motives. While we do know how “Cask of Amontillado” will end, we do not know exactly where our protagonist is going in Hawthorne’s work. The author’s use of irony gradually provides us clues about Goodman Brown’s destination. Our protagonist’s name itself is ironic, given that he is “making more haste on his present evil purpose,” (Hawthorne 4). This is verbal irony because a good man will not be seeking out a wicked deed. Goodman Brown constantly feels guilty and considers his religion as he walks towards his goal. As he reminisces about his religious education, he recognizes the minister and deacon, “jogging along quietly, as they were wont to do, when bound to some ordination or ecclesiastical council,” (Hawthorne 8). The author does not revealed to us where exactly Goodman Brown is going, but the juxtaposition of the church with this journey is situational irony. On any other day, seeing the minister and Deacon Gookin jog along will let an observer know that they would be headed to church. After Hawthorne reveals to us that the protagonist is heading to a satanic ritual, the author describes to us the setting. The aspect that unnerves Goodman Brown the most is a figure that “bore no slight similitude, both

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.

<br>The first example of irony occurred in chapter two. Jack says to the group of young, impressionable boys that "We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages."(Golding 32)However, in the following chapters Jack is the leader of the tribe and encourages the boys to forget civilization and act upon their primitive

What makes up a pyramid? 12 lines, 5 faces, 4 triangles, 1 base, and 5 vertexes and in the case of the Great Pyramids of Giza about 2.3 million stone blocks that weigh an average of 2.5 to 15 tons. That according to the time it took to build them they would have had to place and set a stone every 2 to 2 and a half minutes. To put that in perspective some weigh as much or more than an armed military cargo truck. So, imagine dragging a cargo truck with nothing but some strong rope and some other people. Now if you're like most people you can lift maybe 100 pounds. However, the average powerlifter can lift 350 to 400 pounds and that's just lift not pack around or drag across acres of land. Now how did the Egyptians build the Great Pyramid of Giza with blocks that weigh up to 15 tons with the technology they had then? It’s clearly very obtuse to think the pyramids were built by the Egyptians and the Egyptians alone. The question is, who helped them?

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

"Irony is a device that protects him (the artist) from the pain of his experience so that he may use it objectively in his art(Susquehanna. "New Critical")." In The Glass Menagerie, it is ironic how Tom speaks badly of his father and his leaving home but in the end he leaves home just like his father, the man "in love with long distances (Williams 30)''. The fact that Amanda wants what is best for her children is ironic because she worries so much over it that she doesn't realize what is best for them.

Irony is an element which is found all throughout the best and worst pieces of literature. This is an element of literature which gives the reader an understanding of the story. In Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales”, he uses three distinct forms of irony which add to the story. Irony is basically the expression of one’s meaning by using language to signify the opposite. In this story, Chaucer uses dramatic, situational and verbal irony all throughout his story. By incorporating these kinds of ironies, Chaucer is able to paint a picture through his story. This in turn adds to the overall theme of the story.

Verbal irony is used throughout the story as well and relates to the theme of hypocrisy. Throughout the story, many things are said that might confuse you or not make sense which is verbal irony. One of the characters, Old Man Warner said, “ Next thing you know they’ll be wanting to go back to living in caves”(Jackson 4). This is ironic because he is making it seem that cave men and their lifestyles are modern which in reality they are not. Another example is told by Mrs. Delacroix, “ You’re in time, though. They’re still talking away up there”. Here she is talking to Tessi Hutchinson acting like their friends and everything is fine, but at the end of the story when Tessi is the one being stoned, Mrs. Delacroix picks up the biggest rock to throw.