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 The guillotine was a device originally made by an aristocrat, Antoine Louis, to use for capital punishment, mainly on commoners (Klein).
He reigned from 1775 until his execution in 1793. Throughout his reign as King, he bankrupted the country while aiding the Americans who were at war against the British during the American Revolution, causing a raise in taxes and the price of grain. The peasants started to riot. And on July 14th 1789, the peasants stormed the Bastille, starting the Revolution, and the downfall of the King and the monarchy in France. After that, Louis and his family were arrested, and were brought to Paris.
Verbal irony can also be a form of jokes, or sallies, but not always. For instance, when the lurid Chauvelin said to Marguerite de St. Just, “Your brothers life hangs by a thread. Pray that the thread does not snap!” and after he adds, “Hope you sleep well.” This is verbal irony because after Chauvelin threatens her, he tells her to sleep well. Obviously no one can sleep well after someone tells them that their brother is going to die. So this means that Chauvelin didn’t mean what he said to Lady Blakney after he threatened her.
Vladek saw his cousin who sent another cousin, Haskel, a chief of the Jewish police who helped Vladek and his wife Anja escape. Haskel was able to register them somewhere new due to that fact that he was on good terms with the Gestapo as he frequently played poker with them losing big sums of money. Haskel’s good standing with the Gestapo as well as Vladek seeing and being rescued by his cousin was by no efforts of his own, just pure luck. While staying at this new place with his cousin, Vladek once again was able to benefit from the work of someone else, his cousin Miloch. Vladek was hoping he would soon be able to escape
The word terrorism comes from the French Reign of Terror when Robespierre’s political party targeted government rivals, murdering them with the guillotine. Terrorism has also been used in Soviet Union Revolution led by Lenin and then Stalin, controlling the entire population by instilling fear into the Russian people. From the Irish Rebellion to the Middle East, terrorism is a way to gain power by injecting horror to society, usually a public event. There are different types of terrorism: anarchist, state-sponsored, right wing, left wing, religious, and nationalist. Anarchist terrorism uses violence directed towards structured governments and advocates a stateless society.
Were the Sadducees, Zealots, Essenes and Pharisees Jewish? Didn’t they originate from the mindset of another individual? Didn’t they build their faith and believes on the interpretation of that one person who decided to practice a different way of Judaism than the others? Many are of the opinion that Jesus wanted to destroy the law and implement his own. Since his apprenticeships partially cancel the Jewish laws, he is not considered being Jewish by many Jews.
We are taught to understand themes like sight and blindness, and foolishness through the fool’s character. The Fool also helps to involve the audience more, as his speeches reflect a narration, which naturally give the audience more information about the nature of the plot. Before I researched this theme, I predicted that yes the fool does help King Lear to see clearly. The Fool is Lear's own stand-up comedian, but more interestingly, he's the only person that Lear allows to criticize him. The Fool is actually really smart and the only person who tells it like it is, showing that he puts Lear into line when needed.
Fernand Mondego is Dantes’ rival for the love of Mercedes, the girl Edmond plans to marry. He is one of those who framed Dantes and imprisoned him. Baron Danglars, accountant of ship Pharaon and a companion of Mondego in framing Dantes, is an envious and greedy man. Gerard de Villefort is the self-seeking ambitious public prosecutor of Marseilles who is against all Bonapartist which includes his father, Nortier Villefort. Monsieur Morrel, a thoughtful and veracious owner of the ship Pharaon, does everything in his power to free Dantes from prison.
Iago, who is known as the Machiavellian villain perpetuates the tragedy by bringing forward a hamartia or a fatal flaw from Othello. As soon as the play begins, Shakespeare used dramatic irony to illustrate Othello’s view of Iago as an honest and trustworthy man through his repeated description of “honest Iago” and “a man of exceeding honesty” to the audience. Of course that is not the case, the audience views Iago to be “Janus-faced” and deceptive through his constant declaration of “I am not what I am” and how he “hates the moor”. This juxtaposition is created so that the audience can empathise with Othello. I know I can definitely empathise with him.
Portia has to deal with prejudice against her gender, the Prince of Morocco has to cope with prejudice against his race but the character that is most discriminated against is Shylock. He is hated for being a Jew and a money-lender, but Shakespeare has not made Shylock a character easy to sympathize with. He appears to be mean and cruel and it seems as though he loves his money above all else. However during the play there are moments when Shakespeare gives Shylock speeches which show his humaneness and compassion. In these moments, although at the time it was written there was little tolerance of Jews, during these moments the modern day audience would certainly feel sorry for him.