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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...
In five pages this essay discusses the moral belief in atonement as represented by the irony and symbolism featured in Oedipus Rex...
In five pages this paper considers the way these playwrights revealed social criticism through the irony of their respective plays...
In eighteen pages this paper discusses how Shakespeare's puns evoke irony, humor, and eroticism in The Taming of the Shrew, As You...
In five pages this paper discusses these themes presented in William Faulkner's short story with also literary elements including ...
follow; and without irony, there would exist no sense of the dramatic. II. CHARACTERIZATION In Ibsens A Doll House, the characte...
This paper consists of twenty pages and discusses how irony is used in the poem to express meaning. There are no other sources li...
is socioeconomic status. They point to evidence that there is a higher prevalence of abuse and a greater use of punishment in low...
In five pages this paper subjects Ibsen's social drama to a literary analysis that focuses on characterization, plot, and irony. ...
In six pages this paper examines irony as it shapes character development and relationships. Five sources are cited in the biblio...
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...
that is the most threatening aspect of revolutionary behavior. A large percentage of Americans are content with their lives an ar...
In a paper consisting of five pages the ways in which Auden employs the literary techniques of allusion and irony in his poem 'Unk...
In 3 pages the uses of irony in this social drama are examined. There are 4 sources cited in the bibliography....
In five pages the practice of 'wilding' and its evil influence are examined in terms of biased diction, definition, irony, and met...
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...
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...
In five pages these works are compared in a consideration of peace and issues of heroism along with war irony and symbolism as ref...
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....
hit-and-run death of Toms mistress, the married Myrtle Wilson. Her widower is deceived into thinking Gatsby caused the accident, ...
face" (lines 444-445)("Sir Gawain" 229). The head then warns Gawain not to forget their agreement, which is that Gawain will submi...
careful selection of names and how they reflect the personalities of the characters, and in the hypocritical nature of the charact...
a nineteenth century war that the U.S. initiated with Mexico. Teacher Bill Bigelow describes how a traditional history textbook c...
Milan (Sutton 224). To further exemplify these features, consider a close examination of one scene. As Act III, scene 2, opens, ...
sons leads him to raise them as privileged beings that deserve having everything handed to them, simply by virtue of who they are....
the late nineteenth century (the same time the story was written). This setting is of vital importance because at that time, weal...
great deal of information about the Birlings, even before they speak. It is a family dinner, but the setting is extremely formal a...
Before the particular works are examined, however, it can be useful to attempt a brief examination of the concept of irony in lite...
a decrease in the use of defined benefit pension schemes and a movement towards defined contributions schemes. This paper looks at...
The term, personality, is difficult to define because different theorists define it in different ways. Allport, for example, belie...