This corruption of chivalry stretches even to the language of the text itself; we see a distinct corruption of courtly diction within the novel; "using double entendres to reveal the ambiguities and duplicities concealed in words themselves," (Alstad 158). For example, he parodies courtly diction in letter 47 which includes the words "la situation où je suis en vous écrivant me fait connaitre, plus que jamais, a puissance irrésistible de l'amour," a point of dramatic irony, as it is also revealed that the naked courtesan Emilie's body has served as ...

• Word Count: 1961
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In The Screwtape Letters, Lewis also uses language techniques such as diction, hyperboles, and metaphors to establish certain ironies that develop disgust for Screwtape and the demons among the readers. ...

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Romanticism is not an easy movement to characterize, precisely because its focus on the emotional rather than on the logical prefers the indefinable. On the other hand, the new type of masculinity that this movement popularized can be explained simply; it arises as a consequence of the changing noti...

• Word Count: 1476
• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate