CLASS 10
THE NECKLACE
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Question
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When the replacement necklace is replaced, it is returned the same as the original one
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Rue des Martyrs as the name of the street they live on is a double meaning
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The double meaning of the name “Loisel”
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The sarcasm in the necklace exchange with Madame Forestier
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Detailed explanation-1: -Verbal irony is a figure of speech in which the literal meaning of what someone is saying is different from what they really mean. For example, someone saying “Just what I needed”, after spilling coffee on their shirt on the way to an important meeting.
Detailed explanation-2: -These are a few famous examples: “But Brutus says he was ambitious; / And Brutus is an honourable man.” Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. Mark Antony appears to praise Brutus and the other assassins, while in reality he is condemning them.
Detailed explanation-3: -Verbal Irony Bruno accidentally tells Gretel about Shmul so he made up a lie telling Gretel that he was an imaginary friend so Gretel says she wont tell anybody about his imaginary friend and she says it’s because she has one also being sarcastic.
Detailed explanation-4: -In Beauty and the Beast, Belle tells Gaston, “I just don’t deserve you!” when, in reality, Gaston doesn’t deserve Belle. In Shrek, Donkey asks Shrek if he can stay with him. Shrek replies, “Of course, ” when he really means, “No, not really.” Stanley Kubrick threw in a little verbal irony in Dr.