... definition of a horse she is unable to do this. Bitzer (her counterpart), however, provides Mr. Gradgrind with the correct definition. Dickens" sense of irony is very clear here because it is obvious that Cecilia knows all about horses and Bitzer does not, he can simply give a useless definition. Another example of ... Dickens" irony is the fact that Sissy ends up being the heroin and saves the Gradgrind family. It turns out that the use of emotion, rather than fact ... of a hypocrite because he bases his entire character on the fact that he was brought up in the gutter, which turns out ...

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... of the inequalities of the class system. After this experience and rising through the system, he recognized the inequalities in the society he lived in. He often used satire and irony to illustrate the problems with the class system was motivated to do this because of his own childhood. There were an alarming amount of people living in poverty in London ... of the higher class as the lower class would never wear clothes alike to what Compeyson was wearing. This means that clothes dictate class in Victorian England. Dickens uses satirical irony in that he has Magwitch, who is of lower cl...

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... they are only there to see what they can steal from him. "Spirit! I see, I see. The case of this unhappy man might be my own". This is a perfect example of irony; which is to think you know what is happening, when you don't. He says that it might be him, but it actually is him. "He lay, in the dark, empty ... , spirit, I beseech you!" Instead of seeing people mourning the man's death, as he expected, he is shown joy at the death, because nobody is sorry. This is another form of irony. He asks to see emotion, but doesn't get the type of emotion he expects. The two people that Scrooge obse...

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... change their position is considered intolerable. Despite his hardshipPhil Squod, is also tamed by the system as the text only allows his a "smoky gunpowder visage". (BH 732) It is a tragic irony that Jo's eventual rest is at the firing shop, also where Hortense trained to use her gun. Although George reassures Jo that he should not "be alarmed if you hear ... ...

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... submissive, isn't angry with the workers and doesn't attack his fellow workers. Finally, he is dismissed, can't find new work and has to get out of the town. It is irony that Stephen is honest, diligent and loyal but faces misfortune. Firstly, this shows the unjust society because good man is punished. Secondly, the outer appearance seems to be fair and ... ...

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... Dickens's periodical All the Year Round on December 1, 1860. The story of Pip (Philip Pirrip) was among Tolstoy's and Dostoyevsky's favorite novels. G.K. Chesterton wrote that it has "a quality of serene irony and even sadness," which according to Chesterton separates it from Dickens's other works. "Ours was the marsh country, down by the river, within, as the river wound, twenty miles of ... ...

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