Dickens examines the irony and hypocrisy, in the French Revolution, through the cruel and violent mass execution of the aristocracy, carried out by the commoners, in retaliation to the cruel and violent capital punishments imposed by the aristocracy on them. Dickens personifies the guillotine as a drunken noble who consumes human lives. By doing this, Dickens shows us the cruelty of the mob as they much rather serve this more violent noble, “La Guillotine”, rather than the previous aristocracy. He describes the frenzy of executions as, “ ...all red wine for La Guillotine...” (487). The guillotine was a device originally made by an aristocrat, Antoine Louis, to use for capital punishment, mainly on commoners (Klein).
Which then resulted in the madness of the two classes to change and fix how France was being governed. In revolting against the government, the guillotine was created to eliminate the people acquainted with the Marquis, and or any aristocrat convicted. The sides of the lower classes being scared had then swapped, and the government once overpowered by the Marquis was now ruled by the common revolutionist. Dickens, Charles. “The Gorgon’s Head” A Tale of Two Cities.
Hamlet ICTW In conveying the contempt the Ghost and Hamlet embrace towards the Queen and Claudius, Shakespeare, in his tragedy Hamlet, integrates Claudius’s need for power in order to irradiate the notion of Claudius’s selfishness and human betrayal. In the passage, the damning diction employed by the Ghost reveals biblical undertones and apprises the reader of the conniving ways of Claudius and the Queen. The ghost describes Claudius through the metaphor of a serpent- evoking a biblical reference Adam and Eve. The Ghost reveals that Claudius murdered him by saying: “The serpent that did sting thy father’s life now wears his crown.” By employing the wording “serpent,” it highlights Claudius’ sneaky ways: slithering about to take over the throne. Claudius purposefully set out to murder his own flesh and blood, which proves his selfishness, similar to the biblical reference of the serpent.
The irony enhances the brutality of the murder as the reader knows throughout Montresor is planning some revenge while Fortunato believes he is going to sample his friends wine. Secondly Poe weaves verbal irony, a statement in which the meaning that a speaker employs is sharply different from the meaning that is ostensibly expressed, throughout to add humor to the story. The story is filled with verbal irony as Montresor is planning on killing Fortunato so almost every word he speaks is ironic as he convinces Forunato continue into his catacombs to his eventual death. This is seen when Montresor tricks Fortunato into testing his Amontillado by telling him he is bringing it to Luchesi to which Fortunanto replies “Luchesi cannot tell Amontillado from Sherry” and Montresor replies “[a]nd yet some fools will have it that
The ‘curse’ could also insinuate that prostitutes were a curse on society, yet Blake uses the phrase ‘blights with plague’ which suggests that it was the sexually transmitted disease syphilis that was the curse. He emphasises this with an oxymoron ‘marriage-hearse’. The wealthy men sleep with the harlots then go back and sleep with their wives, spreading the killer disease. Syphilis destroys lives and harlots destroy families and family was the most important part of English society. Simon Armitage’s poem ‘A Vision’ is a contemporary piece based on a balsa-wood model of a new updated Huddersfield town, he had seen as a child in the local Town Hall.
In (IV.2.195) we discover that Emilia responds to Iago's commands repulsively. By betraying her husband's will, she mentally chooses sides between good and evil, justice and tragedy. 'Othello' presents this struggle, secretively interweaving the deceiving plot that makes 'Othello' stand out from the rest of the 'Shakespearean tragedies'. Leading up to
When Jesus dies, the curtain in the temple is torn in two as well. The Witch: The witch is a symbol of the devil/the tempter and the objectified evil of Narnia. At one point in the story, she tempts Edmund with Turkish delights, which are enchanted to prevent him from stopping in the. Furthermore, she offers the title as prince of Narnia, if he agrees to bring his siblings to her. Edmund: Edward and the sin of gluttony is closely tied in the book.
At this time in Vienna, this was a crime punishable by death and Angelo was quick to pounce on this fact, sending Claudio to gaol and sentencing him to death. In studies of justice we have learnt that justice depends on the situation and this seems grossly unjust for a couple planning to be wed. After Claudio is sentenced to death, Shakespeare creates an interesting turn of events showing just how corrupt leadership can be. Once Claudio's sister, Isabella, a novice nun approaches Angelo to dispute his decision and begs for mercy, he tells her that in order to save her brother, she will have to give up her virginity to him: Angelo: "Admit no other way to save his life- As I subscribe not that, nor any other, But in the loss of question- that you, his sister, Finding yourself desired of such a person, Whose credit with the judge, or own great place, Could fetch your brother from
Evil, as the narrator creates a plot of an ongoing battle between Gibreel, the angel of good, and Saladin, the devil of evil. Rushdie stresses this framework by giving these characters their supernatural control. Not only are these two men categorized by good and evil, but the women who have influenced their lives after the plane crash, also partake in a labelled role, in which subliminal messages are conveyed throughout the novel, insisting that the Islamic religion stigmatizes women as evil. Gibreel, the angel of good, has powerful dreams throughout the novel, which entails the topic of the ‘Satanic Verses’. These dreams began well before the plane crash and continue to haunt him.
Revenge can sometimes take over a person who has had wrongs done against them. The novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens provides insight on the injustices that the peasants of France once faced and how these injustices lead to the French revolution and the peasants’ want for vengeance on their monarchy. Through the characterisation of Therese Defarge, one of the many victims of the cruelty of the aristocrats, Dickens reveals the slow transformation of the Third Estate, from weak and powerless to strong and vengeful. In essence, Dickens uses Therese Defarge to develop the idea that painful memories can breed hatred and a strong desire for vengeance. To begin with, Dickens develops this theme through Therese Defarge’s dialogue.