Irony In Albert Camus The Plague

When the plague began, people kept their hope in love alive. They initially maintained their ideals, and honestly believed that the separation was temporary. When given the option of having their loved ones return to Oran, most people showed their love as they "realized the

A book of horrors, fear and death. “The Plague” is a book by Albert Camus which weaves these emotions and events into one suspenseful tale. Each paragraph and section is written and structured in such a way as to give the reader insight into the feelings of the victims of the plague, and to show somewhat of a theme. The passage from section 4, part 4, line number 1 to line number 35 gives us a glimpse of the melancholy of the people of Oran to their dead loved ones to the extent that they do not attend All Souls' Day, for they were thinking of them too much as it was. Albert Camus fills this passage with figurative devices, including, diction, personification, pathetic fallacy, metaphors, irony and a turning point. The first two paragraphs

The Plague, by Albert Camus, is a story following a man named Dr. Rieux living in the town of Oran on the coast of Algeria, which was a French owned territory in Africa. In this town, a plague begins, similar to that of the Bubonic plague in Europe, and the town is quarantined. The story shows how the residents cope and try to create a cure while surrounded by dying people and a lack of supplies and entertainment. In this novel, he uses the format of a Shakespearean play, with five acts and from the point of view of an audience looking in, rather than from a first-person view. He also points to the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, where Orpheus goes against all odds to the underworld to rescue his love, Eurydice, who was taken from him by

The existentialism of Albert Camus is based on his view of life as the Absurd. This sense of the Absurd derives from the realization that man is destined to die, as if being punished for a crime he never committed. There is no reprieve, and this makes life absurd (Peyre). There is no God in Camus’s conception, and those who hope for an afterlife are thus to be disappointed. Camus understood that the fact that there is no God also means that there is no meaning or purpose to life outside of living life to the fullest, and that there is a destined end. The one saving grace in the world seems to be the fact that while there is no God on which man can depend, man can live as if he can depend on his fellow man, even though he and they will all die (Sprintzen). This is another absurdity, but it is based on the fact that the

The standard perception concerning human limitations has it that the potential of humankind knows no bounds. Yet, the cycle of life disproves this recurrent opinion of human potential. Based upon the realistic scope of their own abilities, the phrase, “the sky’s the limit”, are well within the bounds of the timeless concepts of life and death. These ideas are common points amongst works of literature from the American Romantic Period. Moreover, one of the most prominent Romantics is Edgar Allan Poe, who utilizes seemingly natural attributes of human interactions, and expands them out of proportion in order to reveal the gloominess of those said attributes. Poe’s literary works encompass many aspects that are reflective of the Romantic Period; his works include the acknowledgement of nature or setting, emphasis on individuals and groups of people, and elements of the supernatural; such use of Romantic attributes also leads to a plausible interpretation of an indirect rejection of the establishment of religion. The utilization of these qualities appears frequently in Poe’s short story, “The Masque of the Red Death”, which is a fictional account of a burgeoned plague and its multitude of effects on the wealthy survivors. Furthermore, a key point in the short story is the particular choice of setting: a gothic quarantine, which intertwines many Romantic elements. In particular, the quarantine of “The Masque of the Red Death”, is a symbol of human limitations and the

The book When Plague Strikes, is about 3 deadly diseases. It 's about the Black Death, Smallpox, and AIDS. Each of these diseases can cause a serious outrage of death. The book also tells about how doctors try to come up with treatments, medicines, and antibiotics to try and cure these diseases. All these diseases got the best out of everyone. Some people reacted differently than others with these diseases. All the diseases came in play in A. D. 1347, when the Black Death broke out for the first time in what’s today is know. As southern Ukraine.

Edgar Allen poe lost his mother, stepmother, and wife Virginia to it. The disease Tuberculosis ruined his life. The disease transitioned into death for his writing. He wrote every story with death involved, some are The Raven, The Black Cat, The Tell Tale Heart, and especially the Mask of the Red Death. The Mask of the Red Death is a complete representation of tuberculosis. The story is symbolic of the stages of life and the time you have in the world before your clock strikes 12, and very much of tuberculosis. In this story the main characters are very rich people along with a king inside of a castle hiding from a plague sweeping through the kingdom killing everyone except for the ones in a castle, but after some time the plague enters the castle and kills them all, this could represent how poe was trying to escape from tuberculosis killing his loved ones but would always lose his loved ones in the

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.

“Sire, I am a Spaniard, and I bear no allegiance to France” (Benson 304). In the book, The Plague Tales by Ann Benson, the theme, sometimes deceiving can be good, develops throughout the novel. Ann Benson supports the theme with the motif of deception by making the characters lie to save themselves, making them lie to have more composure, and making them lie to seem like a better person. A motif in the novel that conveys the theme are characters lying to save themselves from getting caught.

Disease, for as long as mankind has existed, it has existed alongside us. It acts as one of death’s greatest causes, killing millions of human beings throughout time. It’s seemingly god-like power lead many an earlier man to believe that it was supernatural in origin. During the early colonial period within America, it was attributed to witchcraft. An ideal that was only encouraged by the theocratic governments of the time. This formed the basis for the play “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller. Throughout most time, disease finds most of its targets amongst the poor people. Hiding within the filth of society, waiting to pounce upon those too weak to defend themselves. The rich, however, hide themselves away from the disease by hiding themselves away from those that are infected, the poor. This ideal is explored throughout Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Red Masque of Death”. Disease is found within both works, as is a commentary on the politics of the times depicted.

When it comes to reading literature the most challenging yet important task is to understand the purpose of the author's writing. In Romantic era literature understanding the emotions and thoughts that are created in the reader's mind are essential to gaining a clear message that the writer is trying to send. In Edgar Allen Poe’s short story “The Masque of the Red Death” the narrator immediately introduces the “Red Death”; a disease that has been spreading throughout Prince Prospero’s country; killing his people within half an hour of contracting the disease. Throughout the story the author continuously uses diction and syntax to create suspense and evoke a grim tone to the reader. In the “Masque of The Red Death” Poe produces fearful imagery in the reader's mind through creating a supernatural presence in the setting.

• Hamlet does not murder Claudius because he thinks that he is praying, and that Claudius would go to heaven if he died while he was praying.

In the book Hamlet by Shakespeare, irony is used numerous times in order to give the reader insight on what is going on. As stated in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, irony is an action that is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play. If this strategy were not included in this drama, it would take away the whole purpose. This play would consist of no suspense and would be extremely boring to the reader because the characters would know as much as the readers know. This allows for incite to what can happen in the future or what has happened in the past. The irony in this play ultimately revolves around Hamlet and his plan to achieve revenge with Claudius. From the play that Hamlet organizes

     This essay will discuss the issue of irony in Hamlet by dealing with the problems that arise as a result of Hamlet's attempt to avenge his father's death. One of the central problems is the clash between Hamlet's overpowering need to believe in the ghost of his father, who is the authoritative figure in his life, and the awareness that he lacks empirical knowledge of the truth. In trying to achieve this knowledge, Hamlet sets out on a mixed mission of accusation, revenge and the search for truth, finally causing the upset of the original revenge plot when it ricochets off Polonius' dead body and hits Hamlet in the name of Laertes.

In the early days of the plague, the citizens of Oran did not care about one another’s hardships due to the fact that each person of Oran was selfishly convinced that his or her pain is more unique compared to “common” suffering happening throughout the city rather than believing that everyone else in town is going through the same pain and suffering. When the epidemic continues to be a big deal months after the rats first come to town, many of Oran’s citizens rise above themselves by joining the anti-plague effort. The recognition the townspeople have for the plague as a collective concern allows them to break the gap of alienation that has characterized and determined their unlively existence. Therefore, they give meaning to their lives because they chose to rebel against death itself by leaving the city or by otherwise avoiding the anti-plague effort is the same thing as surrendering to the death sentence under which every human being lives.