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How Does Harper Lee Create Mood and Atmosphere in the Trial Scene?
Atmosphere
History
Irony
Literature
Metaphor
Narration
Novel
World
‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ is a novel written by Harper Lee during the Great Depression era in the 1930’s. The story resembles that of a real case, in which a group of black men were falsely accused of raping two white girls, and were sentenced to death – in this novel, Tom Robinson, a black…
Tom Dacre: “The Chimney” Sweeper Analysis
Dream
Irony
Literature
William Blake used another character through Tom Dacre’s personality in order to express the upbeat and ironic tone in the poem The Chimney Sweeper. As such, how is Tom’s presence in the poem relevant when he could have used the narrator’s character to portray the tone he wishes to imply? This approach and technique was…
Story “The Kugelmass Episode”: About What? Analysis
Humour
Irony
Literature
In the story The Kugelmass Episode, Woody Allen takes the reader on an exciting journey through time and literature that keeps you begging for more. Professor Kugelmass is a middle-aged teacher at City College in New York City. He seems to be unfulfilled and bored with his life as a whole. The real world is…
Examples of Irony in the Story of an Hour and Richard Cory
Irony
Literature
The Story of an Hour
Irony pervades our everyday lives without us always realizing it. However, if we were to pause for a moment and observe, irony would undoubtedly reveal itself. This is evident in both “The Story of an Hour” and “Richard Cory” where irony features prominently. The irony in both “The Story of an Hour” and “Richard Cory”…
The Unknown Citizen Analysis W.H Auden
Citizenship
God
Irony
The poem the unknown citizen written by w. h Auden portrays from the point of view of the government what or how an ideal citizen should look like. This piece is written in third person omniscient to project a non-bias perspective and that way transmit the “truth” without being affected by feelings or personal point…
| genre | Humor,Satire,Parody,Burlesque |
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| description | Irony, in its broadest sense, is a rhetorical device, literary technique, or event in which what on the surface appears to be the case or to be expected differs radically from what is actually the case. Irony can be categorized into different types, including verbal irony, dramatic irony, and situational irony. |
| quotations | “It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.” “I really have to keep an eye on myself, because sometimes I think I might say something important.” “I quote others only in order the better to express myself.”,The main business of a lawyer is to take the romance, the mystery, the irony, the ambiguity out of everything he touches. I suppose that’s one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the right moment. At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. |
