CANTERBURY TALES-ESSAY-IRONY – Flashcards
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Examples of Situational Irony in the pardoners tale
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-the three brothers go on a hunt to kill death, but end up being killed themselves -the pardoner tells the people that the relics are fake, yet he asks if anyone wants to buy some -brothers run into the old man who wants to die -two men kill the third; they drink the poison and die
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Examples of Verbal Irony in the pardoners tale
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-the pardoner preaches about avarice, yet he himself is a victim of the vice -he is telling the story to get $; in fact, the whole story is verbal irony -pardoner tells host to buy relics cause he is a sinner-but the pardoner is a sinner
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what does irony show-how is it effective
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shows effects of avarice what comes around goes around hypocracy(in the case of the pardoner) irony teaches morals
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Wife of Bath's Tale Verbal irony
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"ive been an expert as a wife"---she had 5 husbands....
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Wife of Bath's Tale Situational irony
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-the knight's quest because he disrespects a woman and then has to go find what makes women most happy -the knight is given 12 month and a day and he happens to find the answer on the last day
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Wife of Bath's tale dramatic irony
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could be: the maiden in the woods and the knight comes; the reader might be able to guess what is going to happen
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