Age of Iron is the story of Mrs. Curren, an Apartheid-era Capetown resident and retired Classics professor. Dying of cancer in her home, Curren is confronted with the horrors of the Apartheid system and her own country's deep racial prejudices as violence erupts around her. She is forced to reconcile her academic opposition to Apartheid with her silence in the face of the system throughout her life.
Irony in William Shakespeares Twelfth Night or What You Will In Twelfth Night or What You Will William Shakespeare tells a story of twin siblings who have been separated and to each other thought dead after a shipwreck The main character Viola is a virtuous woman who has good judgement of character and is very witty and bright Due to circumstance she must deceive others by altering her appearance and hiding her gender in order to protect herself This places her in an odd position resulting in c
Mrs Mallards story is replete with several instances of irony Upon hearing of her husbands death her first reaction was one of a typical wife that has just lost a loving husband She wept at once with sudden wild abandonment in her sisters arms She would not have grieved over someone she did not love Even in the heat of her passion she thinks about her lost love So there is no doubt Mrs Mallard loved her husband she did However she would subsequently feel emotions rarely felt by a grieving widow
Question before the Procession Shirley Jacksons use of literary techniques in The Lottery is a true work of genius She strategically uses irony in many places such as the storys title the setting an even in certain characters personality traits Another important literary technique used by Jackson is symbolism The black box and the storys title seem to create a range of associations outside themselves such as the importance of questioning irrational traditions and the unexpected nature of death
The Ironic Reality of Life Shirley Jackson the author of The Lottery uses techniques that constantly build anticipation in the reader to prepare them for the shocking prize awaiting the end of the story The Lottery is filled with irony throughout the story The reader does not become conscious of the little pieces of irony that Jackson uses to build the anxiety until the ending shock when the ironies are all tied together The story seems to be about a typical reoccurring and happy event that hap
n this essay we will try to point out the use of irony that Browning does by looking at how it works in his poems particularly to My Last Duchess My Last Duchess by Robert Browning is written in the form of a dramatic monologue You are being spoken to by the Duke Browning has captured an authentic speaking voice The syntax is manipulated by the author in order to create a conversatinal tone This is a poem telling a story the title of this poem reveals that the speaker a duke is referring to his
William Shakespeares Henry V begins with the newly appointed king of England Henry V who has grown an insatiable hunger to expand his power onto the regions of France War steadily arises between England and France as Henry seeks to claim the throne of France away from its king Charles King Henry takes only a quarter of his troops to France whilst leaving the remainder of his army in England to ward of any possible threats from Scotland For Henry V one can easily hold strong beliefs that environ