Irony

Kate Chopin uses representation of harmfulness, prejudice, the difference in gender roles and society to carry out her themes. Kate uses many techniques of foreshadowing and irony to carry out the story of describing Desiree and Armand’s Connection. In Kate Chopin’s “Desiree’s Baby”, the author uses both foreshadowing and irony to demonstrate the harmful effects of racism in Louisiana before the civil war. One of the moments of racism shown used by foreshadowing is the fully giving a brief description

Irony in “Story of an Hour” In Kate Chopin’s short story “Story of an Hour”, Irony, or the expression of meaning that traditionally indicates the contrary of what is expected, plays a huge role in deciphering the theme and underlying motifs of the story that takes the reader through the hour of Mrs. Mallard’s life after her husband supposedly dies. Through Irony, Kate Chopin effectively portrays the forbidden joy of independence (SparkNotes Editors). The theme is portrayed by the author’s emphasis

In Attila and Out of Business, Narayan includes aspects of comedy and tragedy, while discrete stories within the book combine aspects of both. Two such stories are Out of Business and Attila. Out of Business conveys a resolute theme of tragedy, yet each tragic event has a comedic silver lining. Rama loses his job in the gramophone business, because a bank financier commits suicide after discovering his wife’s affair. The events’ far-fetched beginnings highlight their underlying comedy—that the world

literature is somewhat overwhelmingly drastic, ending in death by being buried alive. To get this point across, Poe has used several different literary devices. Throughout “The Cask of Amontillado” Poe uses dramatic irony to show the revenge in its fullest. Dramatic irony can be defined as a plot device in which the audience or readers knowledge of events or individuals surpasses that of the characters (The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica). Fortunato’s last words are “for the love of god

romance, Shakespeare extends his boundary of prowess in the play Macbeth. The irony present in the play, the double-meaning of the characters’ actions, and the complexity of setting all contribute to a thrilling story of murder and looking beyond the superficial. Dramatic, situational, and verbal irony greatly contribute to the theme of things are not what they seem in Macbeth text and film. Shakespeare uses the contrast in irony to convey this in the character’s words, actions, and the audience’s awareness

Sophocles’ use of irony is amongst the greatest of all time, as demonstrated masterfully in Oedipus the King. He displays both ambition and understated humour by using irony in diverse ways, both cosmic and dramatic, as well as verbal irony to add a greater level of wit. Every word spoken holds great symbolic weight and those words contribute to a narrative that reflects the gods plans. Adversely the work of Johnathan Swift takes the form of a social satire, combining economic arguments with a sociopolitical

the attractiveness of indolent people, finally, he discusses their success. Throughout the essay, Morley uses irony, tone, parallelism, and ethos to develop the purpose. Morley begins his essay by mocking idle people and he acknowledges that he wouldn’t write the essay on laziness then he goes on to write the essay. Moreover, he uses irony to make fun of idle people and he begins with irony in an attempt to be humorous. Morley begins with ironic statement “to-day we rather intended to write an essay

In life, but especially in literature, we find many cases which we can see, if we study them, irony, foreshadowing, drama (of which it seems there is no shortage,) and many other intricacies that philologists have labeled as poetic devices. In the case of Kate Chopin's “A Story of an Hour” and Saki's “The Interlopers,” there is no exception. These stories have unique differences in the application of these devices, as well as contrasts in the stories themselves, but they also share many similarities

Richard Cory is a narrative pom written by Edwin Arlington Robinson. The poem was first published in 1897, as a part of The Children of the Night, having been completed in July of that year. Robinson’s most popular poems, recall the economic depression of 1893. At that time, people could not afford meat and had a diet mainly of bread, often day-old bread selling for less than freshly baked goods. This hard times experience made the townspeople even more aware of Richard’s difference from them, so

He has a mistaken view of the ‘unsinkable Titanic’. This shows dramatic irony. The Titanic actually sank. The audience is the one only aware of this irony. Dramatic irony also comes in when Birling says, “The Germans don’t want war. Nobody wants war… I say there isn’t a chance of war” The irony is that two years later, the WWI began and was followed by WW II. Priestly use the style of dramatic irony to show how foolish and naïve Birling is. This makes the audience to start questioning