In her play the trials of arabella, briony wrote several lines that are quite ironic in view of the real-life events that later transpire in the film atonement. which statement does not accurately convey one of these ironies? a. arabella's reference to sailors all acting like convicts set free is a picture of the scene at dunkirk beach b. the pirates whose absence arabella laments are leon and paul c. the crack of the gun arabella longs for will be heard when world war ii erupts d. arabella's reference to driving her sweet prince to despair will be reflected in briony's relationship with robbie

b. The pirates whose absence Arabella laments are Leon and Paul.

Explanation:

"Atonement" by Ian McEwan tells the story of the main protagonist Briony and her life during the Second World War. It starts with her younger days till her adulthood, introspecting and looking back at what she had experienced and done that led to her writing of the play "The Trials of Arabella".

In the play, Briony included several ironic events that are reflective of the rel life events that will later be seen in the whole story, her own life story. Arabella was a character in the play that was composed by Briony. But out of the options given in the question, the pirates that Arabella laments as absent are Leon and Paul is wrong. This sentence is not part of the ironic events that Briony will include from her real life events.

  the conflict is the challenge the main character need to solve to achieve their goals, is the major literary element because creates challenges in the story by addin uncertainty to if the goal would be achieved. in the story could be more than a single conflict, in fact, most of the stories have a diversity of them. the resolution creates a closure that may or may not be the end of the story.

  the basic types of conflict have been classified as "person againsta nature", "person against person" and "persona against self". nevertheless the basic types, some authors think that it could be more than only three types, for instance:

  i´m gonna give you a little summary about the three basic types that i think are the one importants for the question

  the confict involves stories where characters are against each other, is an external conflict, as in a gun fight or a robbery or it could be more subtle between the desires of the characters as in a love story. this type of conflict is very common in traditional literature, fairy tales and myths.

  is an external conflict between the character and an animal or a force of nature, like a tornado,a storm or even a rain. a great example of this is ernest hemingway´s "the old man and the sea"   in which the main character struggle with a marlin when he was fishing.

  in this case the conflict is internal, the character must overcome her or his own nature or make a choice between two paths.

  i hope the answer is correct and you. regards

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