... the ironic moment when Sue, a neighbor, says of the Keller family, "I resent living next door to the Holy Family. It makes me look like a bum" (Miller 45). The irony being, of course, that the family is anything but holy. Keller tries to seem like an understanding man, sympathizing with his old partner, even though there is a more bitter ... irony in his words. "There are certain men in the world who would rather see everybody hung before they'll take the blame" (Miller 64). This from him is ... ...

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... affect of what was happening'. These apologies and words mean nothing to the victims of the Rwandan genocide, what is needed is time and reparations to rebuild a devastated country. The irony of it all is that when the world was celebrating the fifty year anniversary of the closing of the Nazis death camps the acts of genocide were happening all over ... affect of what was happening'. These apologies and words mean nothing to the victims of the Rwandan genocide, what is needed is time and reparations to rebuild a devastated country. The irony of it all is that when the world was celebra...

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... of water symbolizing the people giving Jesus a drink while he was on the cross. When Catherine dies, Henry is forced to face death. It said her body was like a statue. IRONY In "The Snows of Kilimanjaro- Harry is the type of man that believes he can handle anything that he doesn't have to worry about those so-called "minor- things in ... he was aware of the fact that his wife was sick. He went to phone her and was then notified by the doctor that she died of pneumonia unexpectedly. The irony of "The Old Man and the Sea- is that Santiago worked so hard to keep the marlin and all he retur...

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... is the aforementioned Callan, a patient of Dr. Yealland, who as already mentioned does not believe in shell shock. For me one of the main scenes with a huge moving sense of irony is where Yealland is performing his mutism treatment on Callan. Callan's existence is a miracle, yet Yealland is not content with this, he wants tofix? him like a robot and send him ... back to what Owen describes vividly in his poemMental Cases? aswading sloughs of flesh? and to thebatter of guns and flying muscles?. The irony in this scene is that Callan's mutism is his subconscious protest against all the wr...

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... its starting point, becomes 'impersonalised' by the tradition in which the poet works; and third, his use of quotations from and allusions to other poets' work for reference, parody, irony, and a sense of continuing intertextual communication and community. Difficulties are created by Eliot's frequent allusions to other literatures, languages, and cultures. Many of these references are difficult to follow, require ... ...

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... that the accused were not rabidly Stalinist, it is also certain they were anti-Nazi. Perhaps their greatest crime had been service under War Commissar Trotsky. Thus it was a cruel irony that anti-German officers were accused of pro-Nazism, while their hero leader tried to make secret deals with Hitler. Stalin convened a special court of judges with his crony officer ... ...

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... enemy to attack them to sweep them away with by the help of the mood they all have, the hatred against the Christians, but the author also points to the irony that the nearest ally to them are the Christian Germans. Continuously, the chapter leads us to dialogues of officials from Germany, Belgium and the author himself about the situation of ... ...

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... there was also a large amount of infighting among departments and the concealment of information among themselves. If they had been able to work cooperatively, Hitler might have discovered the supreme irony of German military intelligence: many of the officers that Germany trusted were either nonexistent or working for the British. Britain thus found out a huge amount of information about Germany through ... ...

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... the Finzi-Contini children's education: "Studiavano invece privatamente, sia Alberto sia Micòl Mandare i proprio figlioli alle scuole pubbliche era considerato in genere patriottico. Non mandarceli, disfattistico." There is an irony here in that now, because of the Racial Laws, the Finzi-Contini are required to be different whereas at the beginning they were criticised for having their children educated privately ... ...

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... that the accused were not rabidly Stalinist, it is also certain they were anti-Nazi. Perhaps their greatest crime had been service under War Commissar Trotsky. Thus it was a cruel irony that anti-German officers were accused of pro-Nazism, while their hero leader tried to make secret deals with Hitler. Stalin convened a special court of judges with his crony officer ... ...

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... to maintain society. "After all, we're not savages. We're English; and the English are best at everything. So we've got to do the right things-. The ultimate irony in this statement is that the adult society has already plunged itself into a nuclear war and has unraveled all around them. Golding uses the boys to create a microcosm by which ... ...

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... "poured it (his colour) down shell holes till the veins ran dry". This is a powerful metaphor linking the artists paint to the soldier's blood. The next stanza starts with tragic irony at the fact that he used to enjoy having a "blood smear down his leg" after football, but now he has no leg to wound. This leads on well to the ... ...

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... :47). Interestingly, there are few significant observations that must be noted here hoping to explain the anticipated failure of communism. First, communism demands the abolition of religion and morality. "The irony is that communism supposedly attempts to enhance civility within society, but removes all notions of Absolute Morality, the very cornerstone of civility. Furthermore, after Communism is instituted by the people ... ...

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... mobilization plans, millions of reservists had to be called up from civilian life, issued equipment, and then be transported to the frontier as fast as available railway transport allowed. The irony of the situation was that the more carefully every last railway car had been put to use by the mobilization plan, the more costly any modification of the plan became ... ...

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... in the world. Although Kantorek preaches patriotism to all of his students, he never would enlist. As Paul receives letters throughout the story, he and his classmates laugh at the irony of the man who writes letter about the "Iron Youth", yet stays safe enough to write letters from home. Corporal Himmelstoss is Paul's commander. He is very strict and finds ... ...

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... the two civilian cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki using atomic bombs. World War 2 had made the United States and Russia the two most powerful countries in the world. Yet another irony both super powers did not want another war to start but they were plunging themselves into another war the Cold War. It was from here, the first bipolar world, that ... ...

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