Because he lost his head in the end.
July 4
Identifying the historical context of the speech.
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Some of the Victorian era figures of speech are epiphany, bathos, synecdoche, trope,and allusion. The Victorian era had several figures of speech that are still used today. One figure of speech was "fit as a fiddle." Another was " wring their necks."
John is called "the Savage" initially because he was not living in the civilized world, but on the "Savage Reservation."
The Reign of Terror.
The Reign of Terror.
He remained unmarried but Elenore Duplay was his mistress.
The word "sarcastic" is an adjective. It is used to describe a tone of speech that is mocking or ironic.
Robespierre was the main leader in the Reign of Terror.
That so many of us would memorize his two minute speech and quote it often. ...use common sense.
Maximilien Francois Isidore Marie de Robespierre
The word proven is an adjective. It descrbes something that has been proved.
No (that was ironic).
his mental condition's face and his speech.
"The person who does not break under the law of his king and city will never succeed" This is ironic because creon himself will not bend to the divine order of the gods or any other mans ideals or reasoning
The irony in the mayor's speech in "After the Dancing Days" is that while he commends soldiers for their bravery and sacrifice, he fails to understand the emotional toll of war on those who served. His words ring hollow to Annie, the protagonist, because she has seen firsthand the psychological wounds that her uncle, a war veteran, carries.