Essays On Irony

The ability of composers of satire to expose human faults and follies reflects their talents to mirror the way society acts, causing their respective audiences to reflect, judge and recognize the need for reform. Animal Farm, Orwell’s allegorical critique of the Russian Revolution, reveals the innate malevolence of mankind through the corruption and perversion of […]

To evaluate the conclusion of Dannie Abse’s work, the first aspect to be considered is the tone he employs. Rather than maintaining a consistent tone throughout the final chapter, Abse’s tone evolves progressively, undergoing significant alterations from the beginning to the end. To start off, it is evident that the manner in which Dannie speaks […]

The most obvious contrast between the two texts is the fact that ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ is a novel, while ‘The Devil’s Disciple’ is a play. This difference of genre makes the use of the narrative voice vary greatly, despite the fact that both authors are trying to convey opinions and create images through […]

Animal Farm, (written by George Orwell in 1945) is a fable, paralleled with the Russian revolution. Its story takes us through the rebellion, and the rise and fall of communism using the allegory of a farm. Within the book there are several compelling and important messages Orwell has illustrated, and an assortment of techniques used […]

Discussing the concluding episode of Black Adder Goes Forth, I will examine its adherence to sitcom conventions while also noting its divergence from expected norms. Specifically, the episode portrays Black Adder’s attempt to avoid overzealousness during ‘the big push’. Although it initially appears that Black Adder is alone in his apprehension, we later learn that […]

Connecting with others is a natural and frequent occurrence in our daily lives. The author Isabel Huggan depicts the agony caused by societal and psychological restrictions that hinder our attempts to assimilate with the majority in Celia Behind Me. Through a poignant and straightforward first-person narrative, insightful characterization, situational ironies, and powerful imagery, Huggan establishes […]

There are certain things that you expect to see when you go to watch a traditional conventional play. You may expect action, conflict and conversation among the actors; you expect to see emotions being expressed through dialogue and movement, though primarily you expect to see more that one actor on the stage. Unlike conventional plays […]

Thomas Hardy’s ‘’Tess of the D’Urbervilles: a pure woman’’, published in 1890, is a novel which roused much controversy and dissension as it disputed many of the principles and beliefs held by Victorian society. The unfolding events and the which run through the book parody and highlight the way in which the system and organisation […]

Family guy is a show that is surrounded by controversy. The jokes that are made could be considered ‘satirical wit’ or ‘offensive trash’. The show highlights many controversial issues such as paedophilia and racism through comedy. The show was taken off air after complaints about the amount of offence it caused people, but after a […]

‘An Inspector Calls’ is set in 1912, but was written by J. B Priestly in 1945. In the play, the Titanic is a week away from it’s maiden voyage – when it hit an iceberg and sank. Mr Birling, the head of the household, says that: “The Titanic. .. sails next week.. . unsinkable, absolutely […]

In my opinion, this statement – from Tim Bezant, a literary critic – is a very accurate description of J. B. Priestley’s work. Significantly, I believe it is the fact of the play being ‘well made’ that makes it so dramatically powerful, and indeed thought-provoking. In calling the play ‘well made’ I believe firstly that […]

Inspector Goole id the main character in the play An Inspector Calls which was written by J. B. Priestley in 1945 (after the two world wars) however was set in 1912 (just before the first war) a time when politics and the economy were just starting to re-establish themselves . It can be interpreted in […]

From reading the first 10 pages of “An Inspector Calls” I can infer several different ways in which J. B Priestley shows the reader that the play is set in the Edwardian period. Priestley has established the social period by using numerous techniques such as the way he portrays the characters, their use of language, […]

Before Act 2, Scene 1 Osborne was putting a drunken Stanhope to sleep. Osborne gets ready for bed as he hears the rumble of the distant guns. The act ends with a feeling of tension and suspense. Act 2 begins with a feeling of hope. Trotter has comical conversation with Mason about how he likes […]

For the last term I have been studying two famous war poems, the older of which dates back nearly 300 years. One of the war poems is ‘The Battle of Blenheim’ which was written by Robert Southey in 1798. ‘The Battle of Blenheim’ is a poem looking back on the battle which took place in […]

HG Wells was well known for writing such books as War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, The Invisible man and The Island of Doctor Moreau. They were famous and unique because of his innovating idea of science fiction therefore being remembered as ‘the farther of British Science Fiction’. However, he actually wrote in a […]

Throughout the narrative “Story of an Hour” there are a few elusive cases of prefiguration and sarcasm. These cases explain the some of the scenes throughout the narrative. The gap sentence foreshadows Mrs. Mallard’s decease at the terminal of the narrative as it explains how serious Mrs. Mallard’s bosom problem truly was. as great attention […]

Bring Back Flogging This essay by Jeff Jacoby illustrates an authors use of ironic sarcasm otherwise known as satire to defend and illustrate his platform on his position. Jacoby uses in this essay verbal irony (persuasion in the form of ridicule). In the irony of this sort there is a contrast between what is said […]

«Up the Down Staircase» The text under analysis is a fragment from the novel «Up the Down Staircase», written by Bel Kaufman, an outstanding American writer. She worked as a teacher of the English language and literature in a New York high school for many years. She is best-known for her novel «Up the Down […]

“The Simpsons vs. Family Guy: The Showdown” The Simpsons, written by Matt Groening, is currently the longest running sitcom on television today, dating back to December 17, 1989 when it first aired. Family Guy, written by Seth MacFarlane, has been on since December 20, 1998 when it first aired. The Simpsons and Family Guy are […]

The Ironical Aspects in Li Rui’s Electing A Thief “Electing a thief”, a short story written by Li Rui, is about a leader in the village who discovers the disappearance of a bag of grain from the storehouse and came up with the idea of “democracy” to get clues on finding the thief. (Li 321) […]

Comprehension a) List the positive and the negative things Bingham says about the British. In the text are positive and negative things said about the British. Bingham is of the opinion that the positive things about British are that they are imaginative and original, permissive and that they are at least not French. But he […]