Category: Irony
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Irony of Martin Espada’s Poem ‘Bully’
In Bully Martin Espada uses the first stanza to introduce the theme of his poem. In the school auditorium/the Theodore Roosevelt statue/is nostalgic (lines 1-3). The statue described emanates a nostalgia for the Spanish-American war, which was considered by many to be a morally reprehensible act of hate upon Hispanic people. The author of the…
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Use of Irony in Shirley Jackson’s Short Story The Possibility of Evil
In his novel Shibumi, author Rodney William Whitaker writes, Irony is fate’s most common figure of speech . Irony is present in almost every situation imaginablefrom the small talk made while waiting in line to the foundation of some of the most well-known, acclaimed pieces of literature in history. Simply put, irony is a contrast between…
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Use of Irony in Leo Tolstoy’s Short Story ‘How Much Land Does a Man Need?’
Pahom was a hardworking man. But nonetheless, he was a poor peasant. He and his wife seemed content living a stress-free lifestyle, and not having much. We may never grow rich, but we will always have enough to eat , his wife would say. Although Pahom agreed, he thought in the back of his mind that…
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Use of Situational Irony in Kate Chopins The Story of an Hour
He talks a lot about his lack of actual freedom in the opening monologue of The Story of an Hour. The thought of the husband now not believing his wife comes to the fore in this story in phrases of situational irony. From Websters New World College Dictionary, we get this definition: Freedom is stated…
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Irony and Kierkegaard: Analytical Essay
As we know, in his early work on The Concept of Irony, Sren Kierkegaard examined the subject of irony in depth. Many of the issues raised in this work, such as defining the subject of cognition and subjective self-knowledge, will be addressed in Kierkegaard’s following works. References to George W. F. Hegel’s thesis also distinguishes…
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Irony of the Absolute Paradox: Analytical Essay on Soren Kierkegaard
Philosophical Fragments, written under the pseudonym ‘Johannes Climacus,’ is an important component of his philosophical and theological explication, explaining the conceptual distinction between Greek and religious philosophy. Soren Kierkegaard used Johannes Climacus to explain his ideas about how the concept of self fits into faith’s vast eternity. In Philosophical Fragments, he starts with Greek Platonic…