Irony 1. Definition There are innumerable definitions of irony, but all of them have in common the following notions: * the opposition of the word’s contextual meaning to its general meaning * mockery as the major goal of irony Irony is… * (from Ancient Greek εἰρωνεία (eirōneía) meaning “dissimulation, feigned ignorance”) a trope based on direct opposition of the meaning to the sense. (J.M. Skrebnev) * a stylistic device in which the contextual evaluative meaning of a word
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Irony is extremely prevalent in the story of The Lottery, and its role is slowly revealed as the story progresses. Through the use of setting, characters, character interaction, and symbolism, Jackson is able to create a story in which irony does not create the story, but instead has the story reveal the irony. Using diction, imagery, and readers’ perceptions and associations, ironic elements are emphasized and the analyzation of the story in retrospect proves to be just as insightful as the initial
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Shakespeare uses dramatic irony to create sympathy in audience, which makes the play more interesting and it targets audience to read the play. Dramatic irony is evident in the play Hamlet; it is used throughout the play. Without dramatic Irony in Hamlet, there wouldn’t be any suspense and the audience would be less engaged because the characters would know just as much as them, which would make it boring and meaningless. Three of the most dominant dramatic ironies used in the play are: The ghost
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doing investigations similar to mine and they have told me that these laughs that come out of nowhere most likely have to with irony. She must be writing an ironic story, after all, those stories are the only ones people seem to be interested in right now. It seems that the title of her work is Story of an Hour. Kate Chopin’s short story contains dramatic and situational irony, which serve to make the story unique and keep the readers on the edges of their seats waiting for what happens next. My following
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“The Awakening” Symbolism, Irony In Kate Chopin's short story “The Awakening”, the voice of the story portrays a woman with sexual aspirations, and moral female social rules in search for independence and self discovery. The story is based on the 19th century woman. During this time women barely had any freedom, were not recognized within the society and had no choice but to me submissive to their husbands. The main character of the story named Edna is portrayed to be a happy woman because
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literature, irony comes in a variety of different forms, but the underlying definition of irony is doing or saying something that contradicts the expectations of the reader. The three types of irony, Verbal, Situational, and Dramatic irony, are used heavily in a variety of short stories to give the story flavor and make it more appealing to the reader. In The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe, The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst, and My Oedipus Complex by Frank O’Connor, all types of irony are used
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Ironies of Story of an Hour In the short story, "Story of an Hour" by author Kate Chopin, she uses many different types of literary elements to define her story clearly and to show the significance behind what happens in the story. The primary literary element that was used in the story that is the most prominent is irony. Two kinds of irony that were utilized in this short story. The first one is situational irony, which means the reader is expecting something to happen, but it doesn't actually
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Irony in Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” “The story of an hour” by Kate Chopin is described as a story of great irony having many unexpected twists and turns. Situational and dramatic irony is used throughout the story. This is a story of a woman who finds out her husband’s death in a train accident and reacts with sadness in the beginning, but then realizes a freedom and relief from her repressive life. She experiences a complete joy over the death of her husband and dies from the shock of discovering
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Submitted by: Shambhavi Eng (H) III year 334 Comment on the irony of The Story of an Hour. Kate Chopin is most famous for her short stories and a novel, The Awakening. One of the most recurring themes in her works is marriage and how it affects women. She wrote works of feminist nature before the feminist movement had even begun. The Story of an Hour is a short story centred on a young married woman as she reacts to the news of the death of her husband. It covers the one hour of Louise
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The Irony of It “Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor” (Collins). One of the many ways that irony can be presented is through hypocritical statements like this quote. This is true for the short story, “The Lottery” written by Shirley Jackson in 1948 which can easily be compared to the modern film, The Hunger Games, originally a book authored by Suzanne Collins. Both of these pieces encase many different literary devices; irony was the most evident. “The great thing about irony
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