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An Analysis of the Characterization, Plot, Setting, Tone, and Irony in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island (1809 words, 3 pages)

The Island of Providence and Despair Robert Louis Stevenson was born to Thomas and Margaret Stevenson in Edinburgh on November 13, 1850. Stevenson spent much of his childhood very ill. Because he was so ill, his parents hired a full time nurse, Allison Cunningham. Cunningham filled Stevenson's head full of ... Read More

The Irony in the Novel, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (2001 words, 3 pages)

Irony A commonly used rhetorical device, irony is a needed part of any writing. Irony is a method of humorous or subtly sarcastic expression in which the intended meaning of the words is the direct opposite of their usual sense. Irony takes several forms, such as dramatic or situational. In ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare (868 words, 1 pages)

In Shakespeare's comedy, "The Taming of the Shrew," one of the most important themes is that what a person is really like is more important than how they appear to be. One of the main ways that the this is shown is by mistaken identity. This is shown by Petruchio's ... Read More

An Analysis of The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare (784 words, 2 pages)

Essay- The Taming of the Shrew In William Shakespeare's play, The Taming of the Shrew, the shrew played by Katherine, had a terrible outlook on life and just about everything else. Her negativity caused by her younger, more beautiful sister Bianca. Bianca wanted to get married. She had all of ... Read More

The Assumptions of Irony in the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (418 words, 1 pages)

In Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter, indirectly given do the assumptions of irony exist between Hester and the community as well as with god. Irony existing within ironies and ironies aimed at everyone from anyone are all present in the writing. Hawthorne implies that all the puritans are hypocrites from his social ... Read More

Satire and Irony in the Widow of Ephesus and the Poem True Love (506 words, 1 pages)

Satire and Irony In the story The Widow of Ephesus by Gaius Petronius and the poem True Love by Judith Viorst, the authors portray love through the use of satire and irony. They do this though a series of ironic twists, humorous accounts, and life experiences. A satire is a ... Read More

An Analysis of the Taming of the Shrew By William Shakespeare (605 words, 2 pages)

In the Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, the conveyed theme is to never judge a book by it's cover, or rather a person by their appearance. This theme is demonstrated through relationships. Shakespeare first shows the relationship between Bianca and Katherine, next the relationship between Petruchio and Kate, ... Read More

The Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare: Petruchio’s Disguise and Identity (2340 words, 3 pages)

Petruchio's Disguise and Identity There are many reasons for Shakespeare using devices of disguise and altered identities in his plays. In fact in a great number of his plays disguise plays an integral role. A character"'"s purpose for disguising themselves may be to help or hinder other characters, to reveal ... Read More

The Use of Irony in The Crucible by Arthur Miller and The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (421 words, 1 pages)

Part IV Task The quote, "Our problems are manmade therefore, they may be solved by man No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings." by President John F. Kennedy, holds truth. In other words, we create our own problems and make our own choices on how to solve them, ... Read More

Irony and Satire in a Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift (454 words, 1 pages)

In Jonathan Swifts A Modest Proposal, published in 1729, Swift engages in an extraordinary amount of irony and satire. Swift states that in order to reduce famine in Ireland and to solve the problems that they are having that eating children would be a good solution. This is not the ... Read More

An Analysis of Sexism in the Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare (1616 words, 2 pages)

The 'Taming of the Shrew' is set in 16th century Padua, Italy. For this play Shakespeare creates a play in a play concerning a wealthy characters, Bapista Minola, need to get his two daughters katherina and Bianca, married. It is a romantic comedy about the battle of the sexes whereas ... Read More

An Analysis of the Irony in the Short Story Lady With a Dog by Anton Chekhov (1063 words, 2 pages)

Irony incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the expected results. Huh? Well take the short story Lady with a Dog written by Anton Chekhov as an example. First lets get a look at our main characters, Dmitri Gurov and Anna Sergeyevna, and how they met. ... Read More

An Analysis of the Irony in Rape Fantasies by Margaret Atwood (537 words, 1 pages)

Irony in "Rape Fantasies" Rape Fantasies, by Margaret Atwood is overflowing with irony. Almost every type of irony is presented in this short story. From verbal to situational to dramatic irony, this story leaves nothing out. The ironic tone adds depth to the plot and makes the short story much ... Read More

Irony and Symbolism in a Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe (367 words, 1 pages)

In Edgar Allan Poe's short story, "The Tell-Tale Heart," the narrator tries to convince the reader that he is not mad. At the very beginning of the story, he asks, "...why will you say I am mad?" When the storyteller tells his story, it's obvious why he's mad through the ... Read More

A Characters of Olivia, Katherina, Viola and Bianca in Taming of the Shrew and Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare (1580 words, 3 pages)

Shakespearean Salvation Matters of the heart are what matter to Shakespeare. He has an unconventional woman fall in love in an unconventional way in Taming of The Shrew as well as in Twelfth Night. Olivia, Katherina, Viola, and Bianca each and every one are courted in an unconventional ways and ... Read More

An Analysis of the Irony of Sight as a Prevalent Theme in Sophocles Oedipus the King (1004 words, 2 pages)

The irony of sight is a prevalent theme in Sophocles Oedipus the King. Both Oedipus and Tiresias are blind in their own respect, Oedipus by his pride, and Tiresias by his fate. They also share a common bond in their intelligence, perception, and in their wit. What makes their indisposition ... Read More

The Irony of the Bodega in the Comedy, The Eiron (1239 words, 2 pages)

The Irony of the Bodega In Greek comedy, the eiron was the sly underdog who, by dissembling inferiority, outwitted his opponent. As Aristole puts it, irony is a sharp incongruity between our expectations of things and what actually occurs, as if the universe were mocking us. An amazinling talented song ... Read More

The Irony in the Short Story, The Lottery by Shirley Jackson (547 words, 2 pages)

Shirley Jackson wrote the story "The Lottery." A lottery is typically thought of as something good because it usually involves winning something such as money or prizes. In this lottery it is not what they win but it is what is lost. Point of views, situations, and the title are ... Read More

A Description of the End of the Book, “The Taming of the Shrew” by William Shakespeare (280 words, 1 pages)

In the end of the book "The taming of the Shrew" originally written by William Shakespeare, Kate seems at have been tamed of her wild attitude at the end of the book. After she kisses her husband, he feels as if she has been transformed. Although people have the power ... Read More

An Analysis of the Play, The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare (331 words, 2 pages)

Shakespeare, William The Taming of the Shrew Play CritiqueA Brutally Honest Critique Recently, the National Shakespeare Company performed a rendition of William Shakespeare's The taming of the Shrew. The play was humorous and allowed for easy interpretation. The comic tone of the play made it a even easier to follow ... Read More

Irony in the Novel, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (486 words, 1 pages)

One of the most ironic and significant events of Pride and Prejudice is Lady Catherine de Bourgh's impromptu and audacious drop in on The Bennet household and her ensuing conversation with Elizabeth. This situation is extremely ironic because Lady Catherine's speech ends up having exactly the opposite effect on the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Play “The Taming of the Shrew “ (1348 words, 3 pages)

The title of the play "The Taming of the Shrew", suggests to me that it will be about someone being forced to calm down or training another person. The Taming of the Shrew is about how Petruchio tries to mould his wife Katherina into his ideal wife. Over the years ... Read More

Examples of Verbal Irony in Arthur Miller’s Play (712 words, 1 pages)

Arthur Miller, one of Americas greatest playwrights, living or dead, is a master of verbal irony. An examination of three strong examples of verbal irony in Millers play, The Crucible, will prove this out. While Miller started the genre of the tragedy of the common man, and is also know ... Read More

Irony in The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe (924 words, 2 pages)

The story The Cask of Amontillado contains various types of ironies, such as verbal, situational and dramatic. These types of ironies are defined as follows Irony is the difference between what is said what is implied, verbal irony, between what is expected to happen and what happens or what appear ... Read More

The Dominance of Petruchio in the Play, The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare (691 words, 1 pages)

In "The Taming of The Shrew", a play by William Shakespeare, feminism is indirectly stated through the over powerful males in the play. The dominance of Petruchio in his marriage to Katherine is shown to be mean and even silly, Baptista's control over his daughters' lives is evident, and even ... Read More

An Analysis of the Purpose of Irony in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (1163 words, 2 pages)

Satirizing America The Purpose of Irony in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn In 1884, Mark Twain published the sequel to his successful novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. With the sequel, Twain took a different approach rather than the comical, boyish tone of Tom Sawyer. He used it as an ... Read More

An Analysis of the Use of Irony in Sophocles’s Ancient Greek Play Oedipus Rex (1509 words, 6 pages)

Use of Irony in "Oedipus Rex" Many sources tell us that Sophocles wrote more then one hundred plays, but only seven of them have survived the centuries in their entirety. Certainly the best known of his surviving plays is "Oedipus Rex." The plot of the play hinges on the element ... Read More

An Analysis of Katherina in The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare (1186 words, 4 pages)

In the beginning of "The Taming of the Shrew", some say Shakespeareportrays Katherina as a very shrewish figure. Others may argue that she is notshrewish but just a very strong willed person. At the end of the play somepeople say she is transformed into a very kind and gentle person, ... Read More

An Analysis of Irony in A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift (538 words, 1 pages)

Irony in "A Modest Proposal" The pamphlet by Jonathan Swift, originally titled, "A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland from Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Public," starts out as an absurd attempt at solving the ... Read More

An Analysis of Irony (574 words, 1 pages)

Talk about irony. Our assignment was to read and annotate Griffins piece on her case of writers block and then to write about one of our own cases of writers block that we encountered during high school. I had no problem with the reading and annotating portion of the assignment. ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013