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Transcendent Laura Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

The character of Laura and the purpose she serves in Tennessee Williams' play The Glass Menagerie are analyzed in a paper consisti...

Irony, Plot, and Characterization of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

follow; and without irony, there would exist no sense of the dramatic. II. CHARACTERIZATION In Ibsens A Doll House, the characte...

Analysis of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

In five pages this paper subjects Ibsen's social drama to a literary analysis that focuses on characterization, plot, and irony. ...

Irony in Rite of Passage by Sharon Olds

This paper consists of twenty pages and discusses how irony is used in the poem to express meaning. There are no other sources li...

Irony in Richard Cory by Edwin Arlington Robinson

In five pages Robinson's poem is analyzed in terms of the poet's use of irony as a way of revealing how a wealthy man's life can b...

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...

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...

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...

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...

'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...

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...

Management Theorists on Course Setting

In eight pages course setting management theories are considered that support the statement, 'Knowledge of basic management theory...

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...

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...

America's Revolutionaries' Hostility

that is the most threatening aspect of revolutionary behavior. A large percentage of Americans are content with their lives an ar...

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...

'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...

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....

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...

Irony in the Greek Tragedy Oedipus the King

In four pages this paper discusses the dominance of the all powerful Greek mythological gods within the context of this tragedy by...

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...

Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi and Irony

In five pages the basic ironic construction of this opera by Verdi is examined. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

Leadershi Behavior and Style Evolution

In eight pages management and leadership styles are examined with a consideration of theories by Hersey and Blanchard, Blake and M...

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...

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...

Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, Paradox and Irony

In 5 pages this paper examines the uses of verbal, situational, and dramatic irony as it emphasizes the plot's paradox within the ...