IRONY

A look at some British authors, Thomas Hardy and George Bernard Shaw, who use irony to make a weighty subject manageable. Hardy focuses upon death and God, while Shaw examines society, especially the role of women.

Irony, the purposeful divergence between what is meant and what is said or written or shown, is a powerful tool. But irony is unable to supplant the destruction left in its wake with an eidos any less hypocritical than the one it deposed.

How the dramatic irony in Mario Vargas Llosa's "The Storyteller" illustrates the thesis that it is impossible to prevent cultural hybridism in an interconnected world.

What is irony and how and why it is used in literature?

An analysis on the poem Nothingness and the irony involved by Abraham Birman.

Irony is not so much an element of a dramatic text as a pervasive quality in it. Irony may appear in plays in three basic ways: in their language, in their incidents, or in their point of view.

Explore the irony in William Shakespeare's Richard III.

What is irony? What are symbols?

An essential feature of the New Year holiday in Russia, along with the Christmas tree, Ded Moroz, and champagne, is the showing of the legendary film The Irony of Fate.

The Irony of Michael Jackson's Life and Death

This poem is a poem of irony as well as sarcastic

This college essay explores three powerful metaphors used by Sophocles to generate the exquisite dramatic irony of the play.

An Essay/Composition that overviews the use and reasoning behind irony in The Scarlet Letter.

The Miami Dolphins ended the New York Jets' season yesterday, but the more interesting story was the irony that played out between Chad Pennington and Brett Favre.

The irony in Shakespeare's Richard III is that while he's the most attractive character in the play that physically he is weak and ugly.

As the Jonathan Ross/Russel Brand saga unfolds in such spectacular fashion, I appreciate the carnage. Drama and Irony to die for.

The theme of "The Jewelry" by Guy de Maupassant is that life can be full of irony.

Ironic ideas lull the audience into a false sense of predictability, then snap their minds in another direction, adding a layer of enthrallment and deception. Irony is abundant in many Greek plays, specifically Oedipus Rex, and gives the performance more depth and substance.

A group called Vets for Freedom have begun to run Internet ads attacking Barack Obama for his anti Iraq War position and in so doing has caused political irony. Senators Lindsey Graham and Joe Lieberman have had to resign as advisors to the group.

The Puritans came to America to gain religious freedom. Unfortunately when they got here, they became the very thing they wanted to escape.

Irony is a lost art today, confused all too often with paradox and on some occasions even more wildly misappropriated. Shakespeare once again shows how to do irony right.

Baraka uses metaphor, imagery and irony to portray society as a machine, the perpetual forward motion and inescapable nature of racist, bigoted societal norms. "The Dutchman" is an example of Baraka's own standard set forth in his essay, "The Myth of Negro Literature."

Reflections of a mother and the irony of daily life.

Throughout Oedipus Tyrannus is a constant theme of dramatic irony relating to vision and seeing. These are two separate subjects, but, along with knowing, their connections in meaning allow for especial depth and irony in the use of any one of them.

The twenty-four hour news cable news stations have the audacity to say that too much attention is being given to the "bad guys". I couldn't help but see the irony of the statement, and I couldn't help but to rant about it.

This article discusses the elements of irony and religion in the works of Flannery O'Connor.

The irony of Beatrice and De Flores' agreement is that there is no agreementl; both parties think they are going to get exactly what they want, when in reality, they have reached no concurrence at all.