THE LITERATURE OF WAR

Running Head : IRONY IN PATHS OF GLORY

Irony Depicted in Humphrey Cobb 's Paths of Glory

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Irony Depicted in Humphrey Cobb 's Paths of Glory

Irony has played a vital role in making the effects of an author 's word more dramatic on the end of the readers . In poems , fiction novels and even in movies , this trick of putting very clever , bizarre and unlikely outcomes has given the authors ' messages peculiar twists . For some , this trick has been very amusing . However , to some

this may also appear confusing . In movies , irony brings surprise as it breaks people 's expectations of what are likely to happen in the lives of the characters . However , as a lot of movie critics have studied irony in films , it appears that it serves a different kind of purpose from bringing amusing twists in the plot . In 1957 , a movie about the great World War was released and has changed the impressions of people about war through an exhibition of ironies . Paths of Glory which was written by Stanley Kubrick was seen by a lot of critics to hold several ironies in it . And in looking deep into the ironies in the film , it may appear although the irony played a great part in strengthening the plot , it obviously served to send off a different kind of message that the writer wanted to express

The Different Ironies in Paths of Glory

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