It can be viewed within the setting, outfits, and even within the dialogue of the story. In fact, some believe that all of the dialog throughout “The Cask of Amontillado” can be considered ironic and that the story only ends due to the fact that irony can no longer be used within the dialogue and actions (Nevi). One way the dialogue uses irony is by Montresor’s use of the word “friend” throughout the story. Even though Montresor has enough hatred towards Fortunato and wants to kill him, he still calls Fortunato his friend. Also, Fortunato’s name is a form of irony.
He is poking fun at the age old concept of ‘equality,’ one that has inspired wars and movements alike; he accomplishes this by creating a system to make everyone equal, a system that happens to be just as stupid as the idea of ‘total equality.’ Under this system equality is achieved, but it is at the cost of individual freedom and a society full of stupid people, this in-turn creates the situational irony found in the story. The plot of the story itself is a piece of situational irony, however there are many other instances found throughout it, including verbal irony. One specific example of this is when Hazel and George are talking, Vonnegut writes “ ‘I think I’d make a good Handicapper General. (Hazel)’ ‘Good as anybody else,’ said George.” His response to Hazel’s comment is slightly sarcastic, but also ironic, in that she really would be “as good anybody else” because in their society everyone is just as good or bad as everybody else. Another example of this false sense of equality is when George says,
Fifth and final thing mentioned is the stylistic elements. One stylistic element that is shown in this short story is the way the author wrote the story. How in the beginning he made it seem like it was a story (which it was) but then in the end it turned out being a real murder case. In conclusion, the short story “Twins”, written by Eric Wright is a great short story. The setting, theme, plot, characters and stylistic elements were all shown well and easy but sort of tricky at the same time to
Could they be other than the insidious whispers of the bad angel, who would fain have persuaded the struggling woman, as yet the only half victim, that the outward guise of purity was a but a lie, and that, if truth were everywhere to be shown, a scarlet letter would blaze forth on many a bosom besides mines. (Pg: 59)” There was no triumphant individual
Physician assisted-suicide (PAS) is an issue that is very controversial. Some people believe that patients who have no chance of recovery and are dying should have the choice to end their lives sooner instead of suffering. Others believe that physician assisted-suicide is unethical and should
The easy way is often referred to as the wrong way and in some cases this is true, such as when Victor ignored his creation. By not facing his fears he was granted the absence of the monster, but only contributed to emanate problem just on the horizon. Victor’s tone of boastful arrogance soon turned to forlorn warning when he “Had finished and saw, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled his heart” (Shelley, 42). A fantastic example of the “easy way out” could be found in The Importance of Being Earnest. As Jack quickly finds out, lying about your true name to win the girl of your dreams can be successful, but also have consequences.
I believe that Atwood ends story B with “and everything continues as in A” because most of us want a happy ending to stories, especially if the title is “Happy Endings”. As soon as you read the second paragraph you look back at the first paragraph and compare. Both paragraphs are pretty straight forward; the characterization is very under developed. John and Mary are stereotypes of the American dream in the first paragraph and in the second it reads like a script for “days of our lives”. In the second paragraph she writes in third person the all of sudden switches to second person and say “you’ll notice he doesn’t even consider her worth the price of a dinner out”(Atwood 445).
Finny and Gene had a love and hate relationship. Sometimes they would make fun of each other to the point where it was exciting no more, and sometimes they loved each other to the point where they would depend on each other and help one another. They had their many sides of friendship. These tie into the setting of the novel. They act like they are in war.
Like many others love stories, the beginning of the plot was very lovely. Not all the love stories have a lovely ending. Titus experiences a variety of feelings that made him change in the middle of the book. Titus, for some audience seems as the bad guy. But he has the opportunity to redeem himself.
On page 18, Gene admitted his envy towards Phineas. He thought, “It was hypnotism. I was beginning to see that Phineas could get away with anything. I couldn’t help envying him…” Gene was an introvert, while Phineas was an extrovert. His jealously of Finny’s trait increased throughout the novel because Finny continued to smooth-talk to get out of trouble.