In the first sentence, readers were told that the woman was (Louise Mallard) afflicted with heart trouble, foreshadowing danger, fragility, and unwell-ness. ... Where Louise should have looked out the window and see signs of darkness or hopelessness, she ironically noticed qualities of renewal and birth. ... The constant irony throughout keeps the reader reading. ...
It seems the women are in control which adds further irony. ... If Heartbreak House seems to be different from other Shaw plays, it is not because hearts are broken. Young women usually have their hearts broken all the time in Shaw plays. These characters usually have their hearts broken not once but twice. ... And they aim to use all this talk to break one another's hearts. ...
Chopin related L'Abri with darkness when she described it as melancholy and the buildings "black like a cowl" and Desiree "shuddered at the sight of it" (Chopin). ... She did not even stand up to Armand to understand the meaning of his darker skin. ... Mallard has heart problems which made me view her as a naturally weaker character at the beginning of the story. ... The irony is after she said this, Mr. ...
Something disturbing is felt in the imagery of darkness created metaphorically by comparing memory to a darkened theater coupled with the masturbatory stroking by the man. ... The irony here is in the royalty metaphor as her father had no castle or kingdom but was a simple working class man. ...
