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<span><span><span>Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour. (from Eccl. 10:1 King James Version)
Based on the context in the source, what is the most likely meaning of the phrase "fly in the ointment" in general use?
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B) a minor flaw that ruins a person or object is the answer I would choose. The idea is that the fly which is in the ointment or perhaps in a soup, in itself is not a big problem but is serious enough to contaminate the ointment or say the soup or put people off by just the thought of it even though it is removed.
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In this paragraph from an interpretive literary analysis of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, the term <em>allusion</em> should be changed to the term <em>irony</em>.
This is a very common literary device where a state of affairs or events end up being the contrary to what the readers expect and often amazes the audience.
In this particular part of the play, Hamlet, who is supposed to kill Laertes with his sword, ends up being hurted and poisoned by his own sword. His lack of attention ends with his life at the same moment he ends Laerte's.
This is a very unexpected outcome because Hamlet was about to fulfill his will, but because of his inattention, the situation ends with his life as well.
Answer:
The answer to the question: Vonnegut uses satire in this excerpt by:___, would be: using words that make the reader realize that what the author actually means is totally the opposite of what the words express at their face value. It is almost as if the author himself were laughing at his own joke, expressing one thing with the words he uses, but truly meaning something totally opposite.
Explanation:
This excerpt here comes from the short story "Harrison Bergeron", from author Kurt Vonnegut. The story narrates the events that take place in the future, after apocalyptical events, when the world, and especially the United States, supposedly finally reach true equality among all people not just in physical, but also mental and emotional aspects, through the imposition of several Constitutional Amendments that make it so, especially the 211th, 212th and 213th, and also due to the due diligence of the supreme authority, the United States Handicapper General. Almost throughout the entire story irony, sarcasm and satire are used to emphazise that the words used by the author, and what he actually wants to convey, are two complete opposites. In this excerpt that becomes evident with the tone that the words give, like when the author states: "The year was 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren´t only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way." Which is denied later when we find out that people have not really reached equality, they simply have been forced, through different strategies, to look and act the same; but equality has never truly been reached. That is the irony, the satire, in all this.
