Dickens & Mark Twain as Social Philosophers 
.... audiences. Both were particularly adept at using humor, especially drily
ironic wit, to comment on the scenes they painted. In Dickens's ....
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A Man for All Seasons
.... While More did later write with
ironic wit about those who had flattered Wolsey, Marius says it is clear that More offered just as much flattery as the others ....
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Representations of Women in Shakespeare
.... bereft of beauty" (V.ii). In this regard, Webster cites "the
ironic wit of her [Kate's] final surrender" (141). One is left to decide ....
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Women in Three Plays by Shakespeare
.... bereft of beauty" (V.ii). In this regard, Webster cites "the
ironic wit of her [Kate's] final surrender" (141). One is left to decide ....
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Importance of Being Earnest & Saint Joan
Oscar Wilde, in The Importance of Being Earnest, uses
wit as an
ironic counterpoint to the absurdity of the play's action. This ....
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The Importance of Being Earnest & Saint Joan
Oscar Wilde, in The Importance of Being Earnest, uses
wit as an
ironic counterpoint to the absurdity of the play's action. This ....
(1187
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Women and National Identity in South Asia
.... With
ironic wit Divakaruni allows Abha to begin exploring these feelings after her husband mischievously informs her that her best friend Meena is having an ....
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Interrelationships in Three Plays
.... Yet Horner has
ironic perspective on the situation when he reads Mrs. Pinchwife's .... entanglements between simple and sophisticated folk leads not to
wit but to ....
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Bergamot Station Art Galleries
.... work that is in any way surprising usually surprises with
wit rather than .... decoration that is meant to turn ordinary genre paintings into
ironic, meaningful art ....
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Poetry and Literature Analysis
.... This is
ironic, but Parker is actually being sarcastic and some bitterness shows through .... the way that Parker reveals in her poems the "rapier
wit" and "acerbic ....
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Hamlet & Evil
.... adulterous beast,/With witchcraft of is
wit, with traitorous gifts,--/O wicked
wit and gifts .... he was ever born to set the times right because it is
ironic to him ....
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Northanger Abbey & Emma (Jane Austen)
.... Austen's
ironic attitude toward the psychic reality of the gothic genre is also a moral judgment against the hold .... How could you be so insolent in your
wit to a ....
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Jane Austen's novel Emma & Theme of Nature of Power
.... How could you be so insolent in your
wit to a woman of her character, age, and .... It is also
ironic that it is Harriet, whom Emma has had no respect for those ....
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Hamlet: The Tragedy of Knowing Thyself
.... beast, / With witchcraft of is
wit, with traitorous gifts,-- / O wicked
wit and gifts .... curses he was ever born to set the times right because it is
ironic to him ....
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Shakespeare's Hamlet: The Tragedy of Knowing Thyself
.... beast, / With witchcraft of is
wit, with traitorous gifts,-- / O wicked
wit and gifts .... curses he was ever born to set the times right because it is
ironic to him ....
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The Conscious Lovers (Richard Steele)
.... first principle of authentic comedy, which is to take an
ironic attitude toward .... This is a description of the difference between
wit and "feel good" dramatic ....
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Margaret Drabble
.... after an initial unsuccessful attempt in Jerusalem the Golden, where she slides uneasily between identification
wit the protagonist and
ironic detachment from ....
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Marcel Duchamp's Rrose Selavvy
.... Wheel (1913) but, in fact, the appeal to the senses--or even
ironic reference to it .... of such pleasure was a goal of the individual work or the point of its
wit. ....
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The Age of Enlightenment
.... climate of the time, and even more to the particular blend of
wit and humor .... Ayer 100-5). In his own words, Voltaire describes the particularly
ironic nature of ....
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The Band "Genesis"
.... "The Knife" also contains lyrics with subtle
wit, as when .... Epping Forest," a commentary about gang fighting in London highlighted with darkly
ironic lyrics ("The ....
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High Times Magazine
.... The $12,000 figure is significant (or
ironic, perhaps) since that is the exact .... an acute sensibility for cultural criticism and reflects a
wit through which the ....
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"That Evening Sun"
.... Jesus is such a man, and his name is an
ironic comment on his demonization by .... she therefore is certain what Jesus will do and that she might as well
wit for it ....
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William Faulkner's "That Evening Sun"
.... Jesus is such a man, and his name is an
ironic comment on his demonization by .... she therefore is certain what Jesus will do and that she might as well
wit for it ....
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Violence in "That Evening Sun"
.... Jesus is such a man, and his name is an
ironic comment on his demonization by .... she therefore is certain what Jesus will do and that she might as well
wit for it ....
(1802
7
)
Tragedy
.... by a voice from heaven Whispered, or haply known by human
wit (lines 35-49 .... and one last attempt at reconciliation with Biff, Willy makes the
ironic decision to ....
(1724
7
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Wittgenstein analysis of Nabokov's Lolita
.... that Humbert is bitter and has an
ironic outlook on the things in his life. In addition, Humbert's mastery of puns shows that he has a sense of
wit and humor ....
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The Tragic & Tragedy in Drama
.... by a voice from heaven Whispered, or haply known by human
wit (lines 35-49 .... and one last attempt at reconciliation with Biff, Willy makes the
ironic decision to ....
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Purposes of Hamlet's Interactions With Other Characters
.... But Hamlet's answers are
ironic. .... And he continues to display the meaningful
wit that has constantly provided a means of keeping himself under control until he ....
(1540
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Great Depression in California
.... Some claim that these smaller entities would only deal
wit certain issues, but Starr points .... The mixture of Comic and Tragic is intended to be
ironic (White 54 ....
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Henry Fielding's novel Tom Jones
.... We have here one of the central ideas of the book, to
wit, that the .... get their deserts with the help of coincidences which make their own efforts seem
ironic. ....
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