"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson illustrates a suspicious event taking place in a small town. Situational irony and foreshadowing are utilized to create a shocking plot. These aspects enact the reader to suspense and surprise and “shock [them] with a graphic demonstration of the point-less violence and general inhumanity in their own lives” (236), as stated by Jackson. The pursuit of situational irony shocks the reader as the plot does not go as expected. Situational irony is "the expression of one's
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In Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Black Cat”, many things are repeated and follows a similar pattern to the rest of his stories. A black cat is killed and a very similar one is found shortly after, all while the narrator is losing his mind. Through the use of diction and syntax, Poe reveals that the narrator's voice is mad. The narrator uses syntax to affect his voice and to sound insane. Not only are his ideas insane but also the way he describes them. Through the use of long, run on sentences
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“The Most Dangerous Game” and “The Interlopers”, are short stories that are suspenseful, as well as breathtaking. The setting in both of these stories impact the plot by adding conflict and excitement. Both stories have a setting that tests their mental and physical strength. However, the setting in both are so different it leaves the ending unpredictable. In the two stories that we read both of their settings caused conflict. In “The Most Dangerous Game”, they talk about how tropical and vibrant
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In Edgar Allan Poe’s, “The Raven” is an intricate story of life’s shortness and how desperate individuals are to reclaim moments of loved ones or friends who they may have lost. Consequently, in "The Raven" through the anger that emerges as the man grieves, leads him down a path of unwanted deprivation, and self-doubt. The individual clings to the belief that the answers to his lingering questions will come from the "mistreated raven" until his need to know becomes broken. Additionally, "The Raven"
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In Junot Diaz’s “Drown”, there is a recurring theme of drowning in Yunior’s life. Yunior is drowning from the bad decisions he makes. Although, Beto had some influence on Yunior’s life, it was mostly Yunior that is making him drown. In a way, Beto is the one who pushes Yunior underwater, but it is Yunior that chooses to stay under the water—both literally and figuratively. When Yunior knew something that Beto didn’t, Beto would physically drown Yunior to get that information out of him, “He put his
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Romeo and Juliet “I find no peace, and all my war is done, I fear and hope, I burn and freeze like ice, I flee above the wind, yet can I not arise;” Edgar Allan Poe wrote in of his many great works of literature, depicting the opposing forces in nature, showing one cannot be without the other. An American writer, poet, and literary critic, Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most renowned writers in American history. His mastery of literary devices in his writing, such as oxymorons, gives readers a mysterious
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The Rhinoceros Beetle is a passage that Susan Hawthorne wrote about a guy who's from town and fearless of anything that might be scary for other. He had several insects that he played with and used to threaten his classmates. Besides, he was the intelligent kid who knew about the insects most specifically and details. The tone of the story or passage seems to be scary. The word and language level of the author in this passage suggests the tone to be scary. For example, in the sixth paragraph
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The Narrator of “The Tell-Tale Heart” is a quite rare style for most readers. In this story, we find the narrator to be first person and a bit unreliable. This man kills his housemate at midnight because of his vulture-like eye. Some might ask if he is responsible for it even though he is a bit... coo-coo in the head. In this case, I’ll be answering with: some people are more mentally-ill than others, some are still realizing what they’re thinking and some don’t. In this case, we are unsure about
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Literary works like Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment," Washington Irving's "The Devil and Tom Walker," and Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" show characteristics of the American Romantic Age. All of these stories have an emphasis on emotions rather than intellect and tend to reject realism and accept idealism. In Hawthorne's tale, he writes of an eccentric Dr. Heidegger who invites four of his elderly friends to his study to partake in one of his new experiments. This story exemplifies
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Readers imagine a man who is a caring and kind individual. Then suddenly becomes so violent and a cold blooded killer. This is what happens to the narrator in The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe. He evolved from a caring person to a violent drunk. The narrator begins as a kindhearted, compassionate human being. The narrator states his good intentions in the story; “From my infancy I was noted for the docility and humanity of my disposition” (Poe, The Black Cat). In the beginning, the story also portrays
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