In both literary works, the authors use setting to demonstrate the social separations and alienation of the characters from their communities. Situational irony is another literary device used to convey the theme of isolation in both of the literary works. ... William Faulkner and Edwin Arlington Robinson use a first person pleural narrator, setting, and situational irony in order to demonstrate the common theme of isolation in their literary works "A Rose for Emily" and "Richard Cory." Both Emily and Richard are alienated from their small town communities because of the...

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Mad Montresor: An unreliable storyteller Infamous Nineteenth century American writer Edgar Allan Poe is best known for crafting gothic writings that have deep characters and dark themes. ... The main character and narrator, Montresor, feels that he has been wronged by a friend, Fortunato, so in order to make things right, in his mind, he must seek vengeance against the man. ... Poe employs this literary device often to induce the reader not only to study Montresor, but also for self-examination. ... The purpose of all these verbal barbs is to make Montresor out to be a humorous and likable ...

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Verbal irony is the gap between the literal and figurative meaning of words used, situational irony uses the contradictions of a readers' expectation versus the poem's reality, and dramatic irony contrasts the knowledge of the readers' versus the main character. ... Have you ever been watching a horror movie and felt the urge to yell at a character to run away? This is considered dramatic irony and occurs when a reader is already aware of something that the main character is not. Since the reader knows what's actually going on unbeknownst to the character, the speaker'...

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