YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Irony as a Literary Device
Essays 121 - 150
a nineteenth century war that the U.S. initiated with Mexico. Teacher Bill Bigelow describes how a traditional history textbook c...
to its "underlying political statement" and purpose, which is to underscore the brutality of the Rosas political regime. One of ...
hand-held device at the same time. Samsung is going into uncharted territory, but only to an extent. The Palm Pilot of course is ...
after all, they are completely covered, even if they are pushing the limits The second ironical situation is Sammys resignation. ...
OConnors characterization of Joy/Hulga carefully builds up an image of a woman who has been very badly scarred by life, both physi...
then Ill tell her plain She sings as sweetly as the nightingale: Say that she frown: Ill say she looks as clear As morning roses ...
expected of young women in British society during this era. In Potoks novel, Asher Lev is a twentieth century boy raised in the Ha...
visited the most" (Surfing the Internet on-board the Web, 1995). Having this information allows these companies to create a target...
personage than William Makepeace Thackeray, who loved Gulliver but who thought that Proposals moral was "horrible, shameful, unman...
hard we try to turn it aside. As far as ironic speeches, the play is full of them, but two that we can consider are at lines 59-6...
have been no time called too early" (Wilson 9). This statement indicates the major theme of the play, which is Troys rage at the i...
most of the scandals and mysteries that had smouldered under the unruffled surface of New York society within the last fifty years...
and needs to be carefully monitored, and the water filled blankets may be effective if used above and below the patient by they ar...
other end of the spectrum is the graphics tablet, an input device, complete with stylus, that allows the mover to move the cursor,...
the design on a live circuit, in exactly the same format as it will be in the final device. This can reduce the time between desig...
storm, unplug the modem from the wall outlet and disconnect from the cable system to prevent potential damage. > Do not attempt t...
Milan (Sutton 224). To further exemplify these features, consider a close examination of one scene. As Act III, scene 2, opens, ...
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...
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...
in the Americas and Asia Pacific (Intel Corporation, 2008). Located in Santa Clara, CA, Intel Corp. employs 86,300 people (Inte...
sons leads him to raise them as privileged beings that deserve having everything handed to them, simply by virtue of who they are....
complete their assignments, and the convenience of form and searching provide greater opportunity for plagiarizing than ever exist...
the literal meaning of utterances that are deemed ironic does affect the perception of the intended meaning. That said, other rese...
keep from feeling frightened. The residents are startled, no doubt, and even perhaps afraid, but they dont react appropriately to...
Company (Einwechter, 1999). This agreement stated the purpose for traveling to the New World, which was basically an affirmation t...
Dr. Mody and Jehangir get together and Dr. Mody shows his stamps to the boy, Jehangir is incredibly mesmerized. Dr. Mody can see t...
the disease is the god Apollos punishment because the murder of the kings predecessor, Laius, has not been properly punished. He ...
the ghost of his father who tells him that Claudius has murdered him and stolen his Queen. Hamlet vows to avenge his fathers death...