Irony

Irony in The Giver Reflects Irony in Real Life Lies and irony are a major part of Lowry’s The Giver. Lowry creates a dystopian society that values precise word choice and honesty; however, the community is built on the lies and irony. Irony makes this novel interesting and makes me wonder about the ironies in my own life. Irony is used throughout the plot. For example, Lowry writes, "For a contributing citizen to be released from the community was a final decision, a terrible punishment, an overwhelming

Irony is the literary technique used and plays a great role in Othello. The most sinister and threatening character is Iago, and therefore he creates tension and combat in the play. The use of irony in Iago’s monologues are what stimulates the action in the plot and intensifies it for the audience, characters, and the readers. It also gives insight to Iago’s true intentions and character. Iago uses irony in this way as a sport, and for his own personal happiness. Iago has a reputation for honesty

Irony is best defined as the usage of words in a way that is the exact opposite of their literal meaning. There are various forms of irony, including situation irony, in which people or things act the opposite that one would expect them to act in a given situation, or in which certain ideas are contrasted with those that are their exact opposite. Situation irony is readily demonstrated in William Safford's "Travelling through the Dark", Henry Reed's "Naming of Parts", and Gary Soto's "Behind Grandma's

Per.2 Irony Irony happens in a lot of places in the stories Flowers for Algernon and The Necklace. Irony happens in The Necklace when Mathilde loses her friends Necklace she bought a 36 thousand franc necklace. Meanwhile, the necklace that she actually lost was only worth about 500 francs. In The Necklace, the irony is shown when “Madame Forestier, deeply moved, took her hands. “Oh, my poor Mathilde! But mine was imitation. It was at the very most five hundred francs!..” (Maupassant, 5). It is ironic

Damini Kohli Ms. Billard IB Literature HL 26 September 2017 The Use of Irony in the Namesake Change can be painful. This is true especially when it comes to a human’s journey of growing up and forming one’s own identity. In The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri, the novel follows the protagonist, Gogol, as he grows up and struggles with balancing his Bengali identity with Western culture. The reader discovers that on his path to developing independence he chooses to push his family away, which ends up having

Irony Used in The Labyrinth Movie What! Darth Vader was on the set of Labyrinth! How is surprise created in text? When the author uses the literary device of irony. Jim Henson uses three types of irony in Labyrinth to convey a strong sense of surprise. In this movie the Labyrinth he uses a type of irony called verbal irony. This irony is when the character say the opposite of the truth. Jim Henson also used a type of irony called dramatic irony This irony is when the audience knows something is

That Makes Situational Irony so Ironic? Why do authors use situational irony, what significance does it hold, and what’s the impact on the reader? According to Van Thompson, an attorney/ writer “Situational irony can make a plot twist more interesting, draw attention to a reader's unwarranted biases, or show how a character handles an unexpected situation”(Thompson). Situational irony adds excitement and helps the reader focus on what’s happening in the plot. This type of irony happens in life, and

There are three types of irony. “Death by Scrabble” is an ironic story by Charlie Fish. The characters in this story are not named, but readers get to know the 42 years old man and his wife. Within the story, you learn that the couple is uneasy in their relationship. The story “Death by Scrabble” shows verbal, situational, and dramatic irony. In the story “Death by Scrabble” uses verbal irony a lot. For instants when the man says “If only I had a D, then I could play MURDER. That would be a sign

much irony that it knocks your socks off? Irony takes place in all these stories we are talking about. The Merriam-Webster definition of irony is “the use of words to express something other than, and especially the opposite, of the literal meaning.” These stories will keep you wondering what’s going to happen and when you least expect it, irony will come out of no where and surprise the reader. In the short stories, “The Veldt,” “Just Lather, That’s All,” and “The Ransom of Red Chief,” Irony is active

of the three types of irony: verbal, situational, and dramatic. Verbal irony is is when a phrase is said by a character, but the opposite is implied. Situational irony is when an event takes place contradictory to what the reader thought would happen. Dramatic irony is when the reader understands what is happening, but the characters in the text do not. On page two paragraph nine, Kipling writes, “He was gorgeously drunk;” this is an example of Kipling’s use of verbal irony in “The Mark of the Beast”