... Addition, Victorian medievalists failed to grasp the ironic character of such texts, which leads to misinterpretation of courtly love literature. Paris and the other modern authors missed entirely the contextual irony and thus the real meaning of the story. It is not only a phenomenon of Victorian English readers as well German readers often "failed to perceive the ironic overtones in ... said that courtly love in the Middle Age was not reality, but rather a term which was invented in the Victorian time as a result of misinterpreting and not grasping the contextual irony of medieval lit...

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... Addition, Victorian medievalists failed to grasp the ironic character of such texts, which leads to misinterpretation of courtly love literature. Paris and the other modern authors missed entirely the contextual irony and thus the real meaning of the story. It is not only a phenomenon of Victorian English readers as well German readers often "failed to perceive the ironic overtones in ... said that courtly love in the Middle Age was not reality, but rather a term which was invented in the Victorian time as a result of misinterpreting and not grasping the contextual irony of medieval lit...

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... beginning of the play, Claudio and Hero eventually come to admire one another, and Benedick and Beatrice play off each other's wit in a manner that is all too cosy. The irony is that, were it not for the fuss created over the nothingness in between, the play would indeed be about nothing. The middle section of the play centers on the ... to remove the nothingness from the play: he purposely invokes lies about Hero and Don Pedro, which eventually amount to nothing when Hero and Claudio are united. In fact, the irony is that Don John's evil produces good in the end, because it provokes th...

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... their marriage, Dorigen gives Aurelius an impossible task to win her love, knowing that he could never remove all the rocks from the coast of Brittany. This is a moment of irony because Dorigen is promising her love to a man other then her husband, but the impossible task will benefit her husband; "for the rocks that she asks Aurelius to remove ... ...

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... story plays a vital role symbolically and thematically. It bears different symbolic meanings as the story goes, revealing the changes of the protagonist's inner world, and deepens the theme, intensifying the irony. The symbolic meaning of the rocking-horse varies with the development of the plot. When the "shining modern rocking-horse" makes its entrance at Christmas along with other ... ...

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... , via this shallowness Marvell is able to put forward a very thoughtful argument concerning an ironic nature of the myth of an eternal love (such as found in Sonnet "18"). The irony lies within the reality of mortal death always edging nearer to the lovers, who (as explained in Sonnet "73") are destined to grieve, with expectations of eternal adoration vanishing in ... ...

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... , Odysseus relearns realistic values that enlighten his potential to form substantial relationships with mortals. The tone supports the varying changes throughout Odysseus" emotions that remain sensitive to each transition. The irony resides in the way these emotions react from each relationship. Lust is a fleeting passion, known to be a great desire among human kind, as well as longevity. Yet, these great wishes ... ...

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... to Emma on their journey home. Emma's fury that he had the "arrogance to raise his eyes to her" (p122) displays her snobbery, however she is forced to endure the irony of her own argument as Mr Elton is also offended that Emma should imagine Harriet to be his object. Emma's astonishment at Mr Elton's declaration of love, indicates her lack ... ...

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