in the story "Cask of Amontillado" who are the characters? Also what is an example if irony in the story?
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Fortunato (person who will die)\nand Montressor (narrator)\n\n\nVerbal Irony would be when Montressor is repeatedly * concerned*\nwith fortunato's health in the catacombs underground. When in actuality Montressor is planning to kill Fortunato
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Drugs or alcohol ... creating the incorrect impression that the narrator is a represntation of the author himself in the story
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I love the one that is a poem about the monster under the bed and hobbes saves the day by just being there (cause the monster didn't know there was a tiger in the bed).  Best Line: "Hey wake up you stupid cretin! Are you gonna sleep while I get eaten!?!?!?"  I'll check my collection books and see if I can find page number for the rest of ya.
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An examination of the main character, Meursault, in "The Stranger" by Albert Camus would be excellent.  The book is a quick read, only about 120 pages or so.   One theme of the book deals with people's perceptions and the idea that just because people think something to be true does not make it true.  \n\nMany people judge the guilt of the main character based on certain observations of his behaviour, but none that should factor into his culpability regarding a certain act he commits.    \n\n(If you choose this topic, buy the Cliff Notes to read after you have read the book.  Quite fascinating.)
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No.\nTo be ironic, there has to be some deeper level of unexpectedness.\nHere's an example...\nA very good tournament Scrabble player has a rack of DEEINTV.  After studying the board for a while, he plays "DEVEIN" for 30 points, a pretty respectable score for a turn.\nBut the word he missed seeing, worth 70 points or so (that's counting the 50 pt bonus for using up all 7 tiles), was "EVIDENT".  But obviously it wasn't evident to him, or else he'd have played it.\nIt's unexpected that he missed it... because he's a good player and doesn't normally miss seeing the right play... and it's ironic that the word he missed seeing describes something that is too obvious to be missed.\nIf his rack had been KUMQUAT or something, and he missed playing KUMQUAT, there'd be nothing ironic about it.  What does a kumquat have to do with failing to see a Scrabble play?  But it would still be unusual, because a good player would normally find "KUMQUAT".\nYes, I know, silly example, but first one that came to mind.
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apparently, you're not a fan of irony.\nit's like long is shorter than short.
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Irony is where something different happens than what is expected.  Why would Hamlet call the ghost poor?  Personally, I would be saying "Poor me!  I saw a ghost!  I have creepy powers and can see dead people!!!)
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one more irony i can think of is in the beginning of the revolt the pigs talked about how bad the humans are... and by the end of the book they were walking on 2 feet, talking, and living in the house the farmer lived in. hope that helped.
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lord capulet, ok. well i just finished reading this and i myself am writing an essay, not of the same topic.  so, anyways, lord capulet played a major role in the play. like all the secondary characters in the story he had good intentions that went bad. the father of the main character wanted what was best for his daughter and that was to marry paris but that was not what juliet wanted. \ni dont know if you can write about another character but if you could the friar would be a good one. it would be easy to elaborate on his good intentions. his whole plan was for the marriage of romeo and juliet to stop the feud between the familys, but in order for that to happen the lovers had to die, this is the good intention gone bad.
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shakespearean allusion is common in the text (look at the title: “Oh brave new world that has such people in it...” from The Tempest), also utopian irony ... try that for starters
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There´s another story of el Duende, i think every country have a different story for this mithological legend.\nHere´s one from Argentina:\n\nIt is said that is a boy that died without to be baptized or a bad boy that struck his mother.  He is very small, he carries a large hat and he cries like a creature.  He has a hand of iron and another of wool, when himself about to someone asks him if with which hand he desires to be struck.  Some they say that, without importing the election, the elf will strike always with that of iron.  Other, on the other hand, they assure that the unprepared choose that of wool and that is this the one that in reality more hurts.  \n\nIt possesses some very harmful eyes and very sharp teeth.  Is used to appearing at the moment of the siesta or in the night in the cañadones or fractions.  It has predilection toward the very young children, although also strikes without piety to the greater.  \n\nIn the zone of the Calchaquí Valley exist two very curious histories with respect al elf:  \n\nOne tells that an archaeologist, being gone in the hill to hours of the siesta the crying of a boy listened.  When he go there, he saw a child squatting and with the mush head.
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I enjoyed the story. It was well written and humorous. I'm a writer too. Oh, and I loved your answer to the "path of destruction" question! I couldn't have said it better myself. What the hell was the guy smoking?
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Do your own homework.  They're both excellent stories... reading them will be enjoyable.  I'm partial to Bierce myself.
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G'day Kim,\n\nThank you for your question.\n\nIf it were me, I would compare and contrast the satirical approach to human nature of Voltaire's Candide and Swift's works Gullivers Travels and a Modest Proposal. (Please note that a Modest Proposal is by Swift not Milton).\n\nHaving said that, you are leaving it a bit late but hopefully you will be able to pull something together.\n\nI have attached sources for your reference.\n\nRegards
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"I love the fact that this is quite obviously a clever joke and not everyone has got it. HE'S IN TWO MINDS AS TO SEEK HELP. COME ON PEOPLE! Pay attention!"\n\nI love the above quote.\n\nAll of the answers up to his were ironic and he didn't get it. Reminds me of someone I used to know, my secret friend, mini me!
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He's mostly known for his dark works, such as "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Raven," and "The Cask of Amontillado" (a personal favorite in which the narrator essentially buries another man alive). Apart from his works in the macabre, Poe essentially created a new genre which is very popular today--the mystery.
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The Tell-Tale Heart\nThe Cask of Amontillado\nThe Black Cat\nThe Assignation\nThe Oval Portrait\nThe Masque of the Red Death\n\nAll by Edgar Allen Poe