Read the unseen prose extract below:
"The old judge sat in the silent courtroom, staring at the empty dock where his own son had stood decades ago. He picked up the heavy wooden gavel, weighed it in his trembling hand, and whispered to the quiet walls, 'Justice was served, but peace was executed.'"
Which literary device is primarily demonstrated in the judge's statement, 'Justice was served, but peace was executed'?
- ParadoxCevap
- BOxymoron
- CMetaphor
- DDramatic irony
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Paradox
The correct answer is Paradox. The statement 'Justice was served, but peace was executed' seems self-contradictory on the surface because serving justice is expected to bring peace rather than destroy it. However, it expresses a profound truth regarding the tragic personal cost of upholding the law. A full statement containing a hidden truth beneath apparent self-contradiction is a paradox.
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Identifying Paradox in Unseen Text
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