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
Kimberly Adams Essay #2 Barn Burning “Barn Burning” takes place in the post-Civil War where a man’s place in society is decided by his actions during the war. Ab Snopse, a man who served both the North and the South, is plagued with his non-allegiance ways to benefit himself and failure to accept authority. When Ab comes into conflict with his employer, he finds himself taking control from the authority figure, and reverting back to his mercenary ways. Having no allegiance, Ab makes the move from helping hand to the enemy by burning down barns. Being charged for burning the barn, he deserves leniency.
When he is struck with dysentery, Elie begins to lose hope in life for his father. His father begins to go mad as the men in the bunks around him steal his food and beat him during the night. One night during orders Eliezer’s father begins to scream Elie’s name and beg for water until an SS officer kills him with a truncheon. He is carried away to the crematory before Elie wakes the next morning. Elie does not cry, because he is relieved by his father’s death.
Comparison and Contrast: Barn Burning Sartoris Snopes is a young boy with a major conflict in his life; “be true to his blood”? or tell the truth. His father, a shady character with very cruel intentions has had to relocate his family because he is a “barn burner”. After one of Sarty’s fathers pigs gets loose for the second time, one of his neighbors tells him he can have it back for a dollar fee which angers the father so much that he burns down the neighbors’ barn. So Sarty’s father is asked to appear before the Justice of the Peace to settle the matter.
The play, Lady Windermere’s Fan, highlights Oscar Wilde’s characters’ satiric, noticeable point of views and reveals not only the values of the characters, but also the nature of the play itself. Each character’s personalities lack honesty and each one expresses their common “to good” attitude of the upper class, as in talking behind the backs of other characters. Although one may not fully understand the time period in which the characters lived, the characters exhibit their obvious reflection and enhance the plays eternal theme. For example, the irony and attitudes of the characters expresses the value of being “wicked” and it gains much importance. However this sense of wickedness contributed an exciting role to society and the values of the characters as well.
Don’t just quote out of nowhere! Candy is an old man who works on the ranch due to losing his hand in a horrific accident. He confides in George his fear of being fired: Quote: Self-explanatory!
While Shakespeare does use Iago’s soliloquy to encourage the audience to admire him, the soliloquy also highlights his incredible aptitude for malice. The continued metaphor of Iago’s jealousy being an ailment to him, “doth, like a poisonous mineral, gnaw my inwards” and expressed further on where he vows to give Othello “a jealousy so strong/that judgment cannot cure”, brings a sense of paranoia and mania to him. This paranoid side to Iago is further emphasized when he alleges Othello of having “leaped into my [his] seat”, his
Lamb to the Slaughter Essay In the short story, Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl, Dahl uses the literary devices of dramatic irony, foreshadowing, and imagery to depict a dark comedy by grasping the idea of a tragedy becoming humorous. There are multiple uses and examples of irony throughout this short story that relate to the idea of a dark comedy. One key quote of dramatic irony comes from the end of the book stating, ³Personally; I think it’s right here on the premises.´ ³Probablyright under our very noses. What do you think, Jack?´ (pg. 324)This quote here showsus as that the detectives have no idea that they are actually eating the evidence of the murder right then and there.
Lamb to the Slaughter EssayIn the short story, Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl, Dahl uses the literarydevices of dramatic irony, foreshadowing, and imagery to depict a dark comedy bygrasping the idea of a tragedy becoming humorous.There are multiple uses and examples of irony throughout this short story thatrelate to the idea of a dark comedy. One key quote of dramatic irony comes from theend of the book stating, ³Personally, I think its right here on the premises.´ ³Probablyright under our very noses. What do you think, Jack?´ (pg. 324)This quote here showsus as that the detectives have no idea that they are actually eating the evidence of themurder right then and there. We, as the audience, obviously know what is going on andby Mary Maloney chuckling at that statement shows us that Dahl turned something ashorrible as murder into something that she laughs at in the end referring to the idea of dark comedy.
There may seem to be many motivations for villains throughout the times but as we study these scoundrels we find that generally they are motivated by pure jealousy, or a need of superiority. They utilize manipulation, both physically and mentally in order to achieve their goals and show a lack of remorse. Stephan King’s “Misery”, provides us with a very graphical depiction in Annie Wilkes a sadistic, mentally unstable retired nurse, who has a desire for power and control. Annie goes to tortuous extremes on her captive Paul Sheldon to realize this. Iago from Shakespeare’s play Othello is also a power hungry villain who enjoys having people under his control, he is driven by extreme jealousy and the motivation, revenge.