Irony is one of the rhetorical devices in which it it uncovers the difference between the truth and something expected. Predominantly, it detects the misconceptions or the unfairness of a specific situation. (http://figurativelanguage.net/Irony.html) Most of the time, Frederick Douglass used irony in order to uncover the defect in the reasoning of the issue of slavery. For instance, in the third chapter, Douglass made a description about the obssesive care of his previous master named Colonel Lloyd on his horses.
1. Irony as we talked about in class is considered to be intellectual or a sort of dry humor. It also has a double meaning, where you say one thing but the opposite meaning is implied. For example, in the reading “SantaLand Diaries” David and another elf realized that Santa is an anagram of Satan. So they would substitute the word for Santa by using Satan in front of customers.
Irony is the most powerful literary device used in the short story, “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. First, a good example of irony in the story is “They were burdened with sashweights sand bags of birdshot, and their faces were masked, so that no one, seeing a free and graceful gesture or a pretty face, would feel like something the cat drug in.” (P,2 Line, 11-13) This quote is Ironic as it tells how this system was designed to hide beauty, yet beauty was still shown by the amount of restraints on the person. Second, another good example of irony is, “The spectacles were intended to make him not only half-blind, but to give him whanging headaches besides.
The use of irony helped move the plot along, and it made the story easy to read and follow along with. Irony helped show that in times of war, sides don’t exactly matter. You could be a patriot, but then be killed by your own friends, or you could be a loyalist and be killed at the hands of the British. During war, everyone must care for
In "Why Women Always Take Advantage of Men," the author uses irony to challenge societal norms and conventions. For example, when the author says "men always make more money than women," she is using irony to highlight the gender pay gap, and the unequal distribution of power between men and
In his story Twelve Angry Men, Reginald Rose uses verbal irony to portray how not everyone is made out how they should be. In doing so, he asks the readers to question why people are deeper than their first impression. The verbal irony used in Rose’s story illustrates the deeper meaning of things that every day go unnoticed. Upon first examination the reader wouldn’t think anything of the fact that Juror 11 corrects Juror 10 because “he don’t even speak good English;” however, as the reader continues to analyze, they figure out that ironically Juror 11 is an immigrant that can speak better English than Juror 10, who was born in this country (Rose 37).
Firstly a great example of irony would be Miss Gates. Miss Gates plays the role of scouts teacher in to kill a mocking bird, she lectures her students on Hitler’s doings and how persecuted millions of Jews. She says she doesn’t understand what the Jews did to Hitler that gave him the right to slaughter and persecute them. Miss Gates vilifies Hitler for targeting one ethnic group and compares the American society with Germanys. “Over here we don’t believe in persecuting anybody.
The stereotypical idea of the canadian irony is broken down then brought to the attention of Shane Koyczan and Linda Hutcheon. The essay that Linda Hutcheon published, talks about the irony in the Canadian culture and how not only the Americans, but the whole world interpret the Iconic Canadian culture. People such as Irving Layton say, “Canadians lack identity and that we would do anything to give us some sort of recognition.” Many canadians would agree that is unfair to think that way, however Linda Hutcheon talks about how irony is such a useful but complicated tool, “...irony can have at least two possible functions:deconstructive and constructive…”(5). Shane Koyczan briefly goes over identity within his poem, “we put a god in everything and those gods would give our reasons.”
The Ironic Truth Irony is a complex and important element of literature that can help discover hidden perspectives within characters or hide the truth in plain sight. The story by Edgar Allen Poe, “The Cask of Amontillado” is a great example the dark ironic twist that happen in the story. The main character, Montresor, is hell-bent on getting his revenge on the man who shamed him, Fortunato. The verbal and dramatic irony that is being used in the story “The Cask of Amontillado” helps hide the true intentions that Montresor has planned for Fortunato. Verbal irony happens when one character says one thing but actually means something completely different.
Irony is often used by Sedaris to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning. “Though we were forbidden to speak anything, but French, the teacher would occasionally use us to practice any of her five fluent languages” (Sedaris 171). Hyperbole is another literary device used in the book, Sedaris uses hyperbole is an intentional
Why do you think some Canadians feel that their way of life is overshadowed by that of the United States? It is true to some Canadians feels their way of life is overshadowed to some extent by that of the United States even though the two countries are top trading partners and share almost 4000-mile territorial boundaries. Of course, the population of the United States was approximately 320 million compared to the Canadian population of 30 million depicting that the former is ten times as large as the later. This means that the United States of America has an enormous impact on the social sphere like social media platform promoting their sense of belief.
Irony is often used in literature to illustrate certain situations to the audience. In some pieces of literature that might be pointing out an unjust system, in others that might be to add a comedic effect, but whatever situation the author wants to illustrate, irony is very beneficial. Through small and witty, one-liners, or a bigger dramatic irony situation contrasting two very different situations, irony can be very beneficial for the reader to understand the story. Both “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins have a corrupt dystopian society. Through the use of irony, the author can portray the corruptness to the audience.
I’ve had many recent learning experiences, but one that stands out the most was when i learned that my relationship with my best friend was a complete lie. Were were friends for four years and most of the friendship was a lie. Prensky 's Why level is the level that relates best to my learning experience. The why level relates the best because i learned why he lied to me about everything. During the time i found out our relationship was all a big lie, he explained to me why he faked our relationship for so long, I learned that he faked it because he knew he was my best friend and he didn 't want to tell me the truth that he didn’t mean anything he’s said to me because he knew it would hurt me so he kept it from me for so long.
Irony is a technique that involves surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions or contrasts ( Glossary... Pg 1). The greatest example of irony happens when it turns out Armand is the one that comes from black heritage. He learns this when he “finds a letter from his mom to his father explaining how he is black” turning the main plot of this story around (Chopin... Pg 5)
Irony may appear in difference ways within literature. Irony changes our expectations of what might happen. It can create the unexpected twist at the end of a story or anecdote that gets people laughing or crying. Verbal irony is intended to be a humorous type of irony. Situational irony can be either funny or tragic.
