How Red Chief Creates Irony The situation irony in the Ransom of Red Chief creates humor and develops them because when Red Chief was kidnapped it caused a situation in the story. I know it was this irony because of the story is wrote and the situation in it. In the story it shows how irony was created by humor and how irony develop into a theme. In this paragraph I would like to talk about how irony is created by humor in the story. In paragraph #16, sentence #1 it states " I like this
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written by Josh Pachter, the plot was structured by using situational irony. Situational irony is when actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended. The first situational irony is Eleanor Abbott invited twelve men who had a background of being successful with their law enforcement or judicial experience. The textual evidence for this is that she invited them to act as a jury of twelve people. The second situational irony is that the amber bottle was a prescription with a crossbones sicker
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witty remark or clever joke, one requires two things; a somewhat humorous topic and a punch line. Without these two components, a joke will most likely be unsuccessful. One can increase the power and humor of the joke by adding other elements such as irony, sarcasm, etc.; a true comedian however does not always have to make the joke obvious. If one is a true jokester, the potency of the remark speaks for itself. Just as one-liners require certain components to be successful and vary with regards of genre
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“What do you think about that?” A cold , hushed night . Secretly , the man ( that wearing the white gown) is in the hurry . He looked up a glass full of bluish liquid , and sighed . He is toying the glass , and talked to Chloe . “ZQ7162” Chloe thought that liquid ( or medicine ) is spreading out the coercive , and she swallowed the spit . “What’s…that?”She asked very carefully . She trembles with fear , and her voice was vibrated . “A… virus “ The men grab her hands and said “Chloe , I
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Scientia per Verba The best way to describe the three video clips presented are hilariously informative two of which explained history by drunk people and one as a news informative special taking a sarcastic comedic tone. In all three video clips presented we saw at least one form of rhetoric in each. Logos, Pathos, and Ethos. All are strategies used to persuade an audience by a specific method. Logos a logic way of persuasion that can also be a logical fallacies meaning “reasoning that can be used
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NAME: EMMANUEL ALICE LAMBAJO COURSE: STUDIES IN DRAMA QUESTION: ATTEMPT A DRAMATIC ANALYSIS OF THE PLAY ANTIGONE BY JEAN ANOUILH Dramatic analysis is the process of identifying the elements of the structure of a dramatic work such as a play, or film. There are six elements used when analyzing a drama which includes: exposition, inciting incidence, rising action, climax, falling action and the resolution. The exposition provides the background information needed to properly understand
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In Antigone, by Sophocles, two sisters, Ismene and Antigone, have two different views on what it means to be human. Ismene understand “being human” or “life” in a biological sense. She believes in continuing, by being a female, in continuing the family bloodline. Antigone however, understands “being human” in a sense of family honor and reputation. Both are important, but neither is right nor wrong. Creon, the ruler, has his own views on how to rule the city. He believes that he is in charge and
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resort to drastic measures to get it. In Antigone, power both corrupts and blinds some of the characters. The clearest example of power is by far King Creon of Thebes, who is arrogant, insensitive, and just plain cruel to the individuals around him. Another example of power, which is more of a struggle for power, is Antigone, the main character in the play. She is a young girl who rises up alone against the state power. In Sophocles great tragedy, Antigone, power is an eminent theme that fatally
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you.” This quote portrays how important living life with your loved ones is, even if that means you must die before them just so you wont have to ever imagine life without them. In the play Antigone, it is often debated who has a worse fate, Creon or Antigone. Both of their stories end tragically, with Antigone dying and with every member of Creons family dying. Even though both Antignoe and Creon’s stories had tragic ending, Creons ending was more tragic due to the fact that he forever must live
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You can see in Antigone that the role of a human is very important, in this case it means so much that she is willing to risk her life to honor what the Gods would want of her in fulfilling her role in the burial of her brother. Some major themes that are evident throughout the play is the law of the Gods and man-made law, the abuse of power, and furthermore even though the play is titled Antigone, who’s story is it really? The problem arises when both of Antigone’s brothers Eteocles and Polynices
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