The Use Of Irony In The Stone
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Irony is an important literary device in many stories and there are many
examples of it in “The Stone Boy” by Gina Berriault, Animal Farm by George
Orwell, and The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. In
all of these works, irony plays an important role in the plot of th ....
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.... Mr. Jones’ way of running things was in a sense a form of
capitalism. The animals had an idea about a socialist form of government.
This existed for a short period of time when the animals had all the power.
When Napoleon took charge, he gradually gained power and after a while the
farm was soon under the rule of a capitalist. This change in government
ultimately led to the downfall of the farm. This a good example of irony,
because capitalism was the thing the anim ....
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