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Discussion Questions: “The Birthmark” English 1301 1. "The Birthmark" is such a rich story that when we begin to explore its deeper meanings we find ironies, ambiguities, paradoxes, and rich symbols, all of which invite a reader's individual interpretation. What irony, ambiguity, symbol, and paradox do you find most interesting in "The Birthmark"? 2. In much of his fiction, Hawthorne treats pride as an "evil." Is there an evil type of pride evident in "The Birthmark"? 3. In
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“The Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving Part I. Anticipation Guide Read each statement and check the column that represents your response. Be ready to defend your answer. |Yes |No |Statement | | | |1. There is a devil who tries to trick people. | | | |
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of imperative such as “Attend the lords” and “Speak first”. Shakespeare deliberately, therefore offers us the perfect painting of a dutiful king. The consequential break down in society is therefore unexpected, and is summarised in the horrific irony that Lear wishes to “divide our kingdom into three” so that “future strife may be prevented”. Lear is blinded by his selfish wish to “crawl unburdened toward death” that he neglects his role as a divine ruler by selfishly dividing the kingdom. The
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"The Boarded Window" by Ambrose Bierce tells the story of an old man, Murlock, whom lived far from townspeople in the middle of the forest and kept to himself. The only aspect of his house, the boarded window, caused suspicion, and the narrator, besides his grandfather, only knew of the story. With this oral tradition, Murlock had a wife who was quite ill, and became unconscious. He believes his dead wife returns to haunt Murlock, but in the end Bierce creates a horrific story that causes a chill
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Nicholas Hamilton Rhetoric 20 Amy J. February 17, 2015 The Irony in Nietzsche Friedrich Nietzsche writes in his essay “On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense” about the understandings of knowledge, truth, and morality. Interestingly the translation of the original title for Nietzsche’s work might have been “On Truth and Lie in the Extramoral Sense.” This is interesting because the translated version that is given for readers is “Nonmoral”; however another possible translation could have been “Extramoral”
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story simply by adding in something that is unexpected to happen. When the unexpected is used in literature it is known as irony. An author uses irony to shock the reader by adding a twist to the story. In “The Story of an Hour” and “The Storm” both by Kate Chopin and her use of irony in the story is incredibly done more than once. Kate Chopin does a great job in placing irony into this short story and makes the reader understand that the unexpected happens in life. Kate's story is based on the
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types of irony in the story of Oedipus’ fate. For instance, verbal irony is used in this drama. Oedipus Rex pronounces a curse on the “criminal” who has murdered King Laius (Sophocles 1314). This is ironic because he “curses the murderer of Laius and it turns out that he has cursed himself” (Knox 1383). Verbal irony is seen also in Oedipus’ conversation with the prophet Teiresias. Oedipus calls Teiresias “sightless,” and Teiresias calls Oedipus “blind” (Sophocles 1317-1318). The irony of this conversation
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of the poem “The Lady’s Dressing Room” is complete irony; vivid descriptions are given to suggest the untidiness of Celia’s dressing room and habitual manners are in exact opposite to the features in which a well mannered lady unveils. The satirical poem is compared to the glorification of women both in literary genres and throughout society. The various styles of irony create a mockery out of Celia; she is scorned and ridiculed. Verbal irony, the distinction between what people say and what
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Both passages,"Lamb to the Slaughter"and "The Necklace" have very good irony. In my opinion,"Lamb to the Slaughter",has better irony then "The Necklace",because the wife hid her evidence very good when she killed her husband. The reason the wife killed her husband was, because she was six months pregnant and her husband wanted to divorce with her and in the 1918's it was rare for someone to divorce. The wife didn't want to deal with it so she got a lamb leg and hit his own husband in the head and
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