... or structural irony. All the different types of irony show it in a different way without changing the technique that is used. Irony is a literary term defined as the use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning, or an expression or utterance marked by ... is defined as an irony where the reader or author knows something that the character does not know. It can also mean that other characters in the story know something that the character does not. Lastly, it can be used where the character says something that shows how little ... All diff...

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... Susan Gubar in "The Female Swerve."" This concept that nineteenth century women authors have strayed from the predominantly masculine literary world, is illustrated in Jane Austen's Emma through her characters' actions and behaviors. Gilbert and Gubar refer to the "madwoman in the attic- as the female character of ... only further enhance the oddity of a woman's literature work that already exists according to Gubar and Gilbert. Generally, aside from the heroine, the female characters of a novel serve as foils to the protagonist. However in Mrs. Churchill's case, where she lacks as a foi...

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... be without twists and turns within the plot? Can a literary work be excellent without leaving the readers with a little bit of healthy confusion? Throughout novel "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen, Austen creates a sense of ... , what carriages you will have! Jane's is nothing to it-nothing at all," (Austen 255). A sense disquietude can also be seen in the novel through the characters because many of them are inconsistent and are on the ready to change their mind. Darcy is an inconsistent character within the novel because at the beginning of the novel ... feel a sense of pleasure in...

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... , Elizabeth Bennet. In Elizabeth, Austen creates a truly honest multi-dimensional character, whose development as a person is shown throughout the course of the novel. The character of Elizabeth, as with most characters in Austen's novels, is developed fully by description, dialogue and narrative techniques such as letters. As in all novels by Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice centers around the education of ... used by Jane Austen to satirize others with his dry wit. His targets are many and varied, but are most substantially Mr Collins and Mrs Bennet, the two most exaggerated characters...

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... types of marriages portrayed in P&P, display the various arrangements available to men and women in the 19thC. The use of Elizabeth Bennet as a literary device to represent Austen's values and attitudes on the importance of marrying for love enables us to see this world through Elizabeth's eyes and ... her opinion on the absurdity of marrying for reasons other than love. Elizabeth is a free-spirited individual who differs substantially from the other female characters of the novel, and she refuses to be wed to a man to whom she does not love. Elizabeth, although often guilty of prejudiced...

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... natural phenomena. The great novelist has used the letters as a dramatic device to enhance the storyline, to give support to the revelation process of the characters, as well as to introduce the basic theme of the novel to the readers. There are mainly six to seven letters overall in the novel which ... the factual status of Wickham's personality as well. Further, the second letter of Mr. Collins, towards the end of the story, strikes as the masterpiece of literary device. Mr. Collins mentions to Mrs. Bennett about his apologies. How he is feeling now about Lydia's elopement is also a ...

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... concept is encompassed in the passage of the novel's two focal character's Elizabeth Bennet, and Fitzwilliam Darcy, whom overcome infinite obstacles in their quest to achieve fulfilment. Austen uses characters as literary devices to formulate a juxtaposition between relationships within the novel who have married for love, and relationships which have married for alternative motives. The satirical presentation of the latter relationship convey ... ...

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... , nor creditable of censure: the lack in her everyday life of excitement persuades Catherine to read fanciful stories, and to wish her life as eventful as the lives of her literary heroines. This wishful thinking soon colours her own experiences, so that Tilney's disappearance from Bath is construed as a "sort of mysteriousness" which makes Henry more attractive. Catherine indulges by looking ... . Henry Tilney's story that he tells her on the way to Northanger Abbey is a key example of where her Northanger gothic fantasies begin. Austen produces discussion among the novel's principal cha...

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