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Using Irony in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

In five pages this paper discusses the novel's structure in terms of the influence of irony in its reinforcement. There are no ot...

Two Types of Western Irony in the Works of Joseph Conrad and Jonathan Swift

In twenty pages this paper discusses two types of Western literary irony and how each is represented in the works of Jonathan Swif...

Themes of Irony in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales

add that "Irony is likely to be confused with sarcasm but it differs from sarcasm in that it is usually lighter, less harsh in its...

Analysis of 1987 Documentary Cannibal Tours

In two pages Dennis O'Rourke's 1987 documentary is analyzed especially in terms of its effective employment of both irony and humo...

Tragic Irony in Othello by William Shakespeare

In five pages this paper examines how irony heightens the tragedy in William Shakespeare's Othello. There are no other sources li...

Dramatic Irony in William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing and The Taming of the Shrew

In three pages this paper analyzes how Shakespeare employed dramatic irony in these 2 plays. There are no other sources listed....

Puns in the Plays of William Shakespeare

In eighteen pages this paper discusses how Shakespeare's puns evoke irony, humor, and eroticism in The Taming of the Shrew, As You...

'Life of a Sensuous Man' by Saikaku

In five pages this paper examines the translation of this story by Saikaku in a consideration of 2 themes and irony as used by the...

The Guest 3 by Albert Camus

want to play God. But Balducci insists; regardless of what Daru chooses to do with the prisoner afterwards, Balducci is leaving th...

Sight and its Irony in Oedipus the King by Sophocles

the god Apollo sees" but Teiresias has not come (Sophocles 36). This initial perception of Teiresias capacity and Oedipus convict...

Irony in Othello by William Shakespeare and Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

In five pages this research paper examines how irony is used in these tragedies in a comparison and contrast of characters and the...

Sophocles' Oedipus Rex and Irony

Polybus, and his queen, Merope. After he is grown, Oedipus is told by a drunken man at a banquet that he really isnt the son of Po...

Penance Rather Than Death in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

In five pages this essay discusses the moral belief in atonement as represented by the irony and symbolism featured in Oedipus Rex...

Irony of Social Criticism in Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard and Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts

In five pages this paper considers the way these playwrights revealed social criticism through the irony of their respective plays...

Irony in 'A Modest Proposal' by Jonathan Swift

In five pages this paper discusses the author's use of irony in the essay 'A Modest Proposal.' One source is cited in the bibliog...

Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and Dramatic Irony

In five pages Twain's use of dramatic irony in Chapter XXXI is examined in terms of Huck's decision regarding Jim's mistake and it...

A Rhetorical Strategy Analysis

In five pages the practice of 'wilding' and its evil influence are examined in terms of biased diction, definition, irony, and met...

Chinua Achebe's No Longer At Ease, Moliere's Tartuffe, William Shakespeare's King Lear and Irony

daughters. This structurally ironic situation creates the entire basis for the plot of King Lear, as it quickly becomes apparent...

William Shakespeare's Hamlet, William Golding's Lord of the Flies, and Their Parallels

In 6 pages the parallels that exist in these works in terms of literary similarities of allegory, metaphor, simile, irony, personi...

Robert Frost's Irony and Humor

In 5 pages this paper discusses how Frost humorously employs irony in his poems 'The Secret Sits,' 'A Cloud Shadow,' 'Mending Wall...

Figures of Speech Favored by William Wordsworth

This five paper examines the various figures of speech used by Wordsworth to portray irony, imagery, and other themes in his poem,...

Lingering Power of The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

dysfunction goes far beyond the limits of the household, hinting at a world that is itself out of sync and in a state of disarray....

'A Father' by Bharati Mukherjee and Irony

In five pages this paper examines the importance of irony to Mukherjee's story with other thematic components considered as well. ...

Journey's End A View of the Conflicts of War by R.C. Sherriff and Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw

In five pages these works are compared in a consideration of peace and issues of heroism along with war irony and symbolism as ref...

George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man and R.C. Sherriff's Journey's End

In five pages these plays are compared and analyzed in a consideration of irony and expectation as well as appearance versus reali...

A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen and Irony

In 3 pages the uses of irony in this social drama are examined. There are 4 sources cited in the bibliography....

'Unknown Citizen' by W.H. Auden

In a paper consisting of five pages the ways in which Auden employs the literary techniques of allusion and irony in his poem 'Unk...

Battered Child Syndrome in America

is socioeconomic status. They point to evidence that there is a higher prevalence of abuse and a greater use of punishment in low...

Robert Burns's 'To A Mouse' and Destiny

In three pages the theme of destiny is probed in this poetic explication. There are no other sources used and there is a FREE 1 p...

Social Criticism and Irony in Plays by Anton Chekhov and Henrik Ibsen

In five pages this paper discusses how in Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard and in Ibsen's Ghosts the playwrights are able to convey so...