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What is situational irony

Situational irony is the outcome that turns out to be very different than what is expected.

allegory or symbol.
In a movie, the winner of the race is someone who has never raced before.

What is an example of verbal irony

How about 'Hurry up and wait'...that one is pretty popular in the military.

Lord George Macartney should have kowtowed to Emperor Qian-long

Lord Macartney compromised with the Chinese by offering the same respect as he gave his own King, George III, the Chinese accepted that offer, and historians should accept that compromise in the spirit in which it was offered and accepted. This question by its phrasing implies that Lord Macartney should have forgotten who he represented, that is, King George III, and treated Emperor Qian-long according to China's limited idea (at the time) of its position in the world. King George III had a different idea of the potential relationship between Great Britain and China from that of Emperor Qian-long.

What brass instrument is descended from an instrument used by 17th centruy hunters

The french horn

When was Tim Marlow born

Tim Marlow was born in 1963, in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England, UK.

Which statement from FDR's speeches uses parallel structure

We must share together the bad news and the good news, the defeats and the victories — the changing fortunes of war.

According to the narrator of A Visit To Europe which belief did the British hold about Indian marriages

Indian men had hundreds of wives

Why should we question Marlow's idea that the worst evil of colonialism is its ineffectiveness

It assumes that white people have the right to decide what goals should be pursued in Africa.

What is one of the faults of imperialism that becomes clear in Heart of Darkness

the colonists activities are largely ineffective -apex

What is one example of the ineffectiveness colonialists activities that Marlow witness in Africa

A warship fires guns at an unpopulated hillside.-APEX

What is most likely the purpose of "A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms" in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels

To challenge people's assumptions about their own importance.

Which sentence describes an example of situational irony in Gulliver's Travels

Instead of horses pulling carriages full of people, people pull carriages full of horses.

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Which sentence expresses an argument that a typical English person in the 1700s or 1800s might have made to defend imperialism

"we need to teach the people in the colonies to accept Christians values."

Apex

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