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โครงการรวบรวมและจัดทําเอกสารวารสารอิเล็กทรอนิกส์ มหาวิทยาลัยเกษตรศาสตร์

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device helps stimulate the sense of interest in the audience by expressing
meanings against the shown message. Some examples of these pictures of
fantasy include 1) the ironic statement reflecting a fantasy sense of superpower

against social/ religious institutions (e.g., religious beliefs); 2) the ironic
presentation of supernatural sense related to religious beliefs; 3) the ironic
statement reflecting fantasy sense of universal value related to human
behavior/ profession (e.g., soldier); 4) the ironic statement of imaginative
sense related to battle strategy; 5) the ironic statement reflecting fantasy
sense of romance (by hero) (e.g., an over-confident hero).

The prominent example from the story Clash of the Titans
exemplifies the use of irony that expresses fantasy sense of supernatural.

(9) Io : Many years ago, I refused a God's advance. I was cursed
with agelessness.
Perseus : So much of a curse.!
Context: The hero [Perseus] gives an

ironic statement to the heroine [Io].

In example (9), the supernatural sense of being agelessness
is reflected through the device of irony. Then, the author employed the ironic
device in the hero’s saying, ‘So much of a curse.!’ instead of giving warm
support to the woman in order to create a strong perception among the

audience in this supernatural sense. The device of irony that helps portray
the more perceived imaginative picture that can provoke the vividness of
emotional senses (e.g., excitement and doubt) should lead to the better
understanding of the message. Todorov (1970 cited in Scholes, 1975)
mentioned that the success of promoting those imaginative sensations