Animal Farm

Janneza King Mr. Disney / 5 English I MYP 3 Oct 2006 Animal Farm: Analyzing Irony In the allegorical work, by George Orwell, he presents the rise and recession of power in a lifestyle dictated by an overbearing tyrant. The author builds characters' personalities with irony to strengthen the directed ridicule. With Napoleon and Snowball always disagreeing on pointless issues, irony plays a key role in the delivery of each scene. Their endless arguments, hypocritical attitudes, and the figurative beings each of the pigs represented with their motives, enabled readers to fall in the seduction of Orwell's vigorous diction. In George Orwell's Animal Farm, he utilizes different types of irony to expose a truth to world, that in any society, the corruption of power inevitably causes history to repeat itself. As the established commandments are secretly altered to coincide with the pigs' new lifestyle, the animals notice that life commences to "readjust" frequently and some try to recall what life was like before the rebellion. (115) the pigs, namely Napoleon, maniacally begin to experiment with the manner of human ways, and as a result he and his fellow kind are engulfed in the potency of unrestricted control. As the pigs become increasingly authoritative, they abuse power to dictate everyone and everything on the farm. Here Orwell uses dramatic irony to show the naivety of

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Pride & Prejudice

Elizabeth keeps coming across Darcy during her walks through the park and is bothered rather than leaving her alone, he carries on joining her. One day, she meets Colonel Fitzwilliam as she's walking and they begin talking about Darcy's character. When Fitzwilliam relates the story of "a most imprudent marriage" that Darcy saved Bingley from, Elizabeth infers that he is speaking of Jane and reflects upon Darcy's actions with anger and tears when she returns to her room. Not in the moos to see Lady Catherine and wanting to avoid Darcy, Elizabeth decides not to go that night for dinner, telling Charlotte that she has a headache. After everyone has left, Elizabeth is shocked by the arrival of Darcy, who asks about her health. After a few minutes of silence, Darcy shocks Elizabeth with a statement of love for her and a proposal of marriage. At first flattered by his regard, Elizabeth's feelings turn to anger. Elizabeth stuns Darcy by refusing his proposal, stating, "I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man in the world whom I could ever be prevailed on to marry." She condemns him for separating Jane and Bingley, for treating Wickham poorly, and for his pride and self-centeredness. He accepts these accusations without apology, even with hatred. As Elizabeth is walking the next morning, Darcy approaches her, gives her a letter, and leaves her alone to

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