Importance of Being Earnest - Chasable and Miss Prism
Charlie Kendrick 6th March 2014
Miss Prism and Chasuble are products of society in the way that they are both plot tools for Wilde satirizing the Victorian era in the sense that Chasuble should represent a man of the church who is moral, but isn’t whilst Miss Prism is distinctly unattractive who represents the boring nature of education in those times.
Chasuble uses sexual innuendos in his speech, to represent how he is fighting his passion for Miss Prism and doesn’t represent a moral man of the church.
Wilde uses humour in order to present the mockery of Chasuble as a religious man.
Miss Prism’s lessons are boring and so Cecily decides to pursue her role as the cupid in their relationship, showing how dull Miss Prism is.
“fortunate enough to be Miss Prism’s pupil, he would hang upon her lips”
“Miss Prism has just been complaining of a slight headache”
“horrid, horrid German!”
“the three-volume novels.”
Chausable, a man of the church, uses persistent innuendos giving him an immoral reputation and his flirtatious desire for Miss Prism is presented through metaphoric language and the use of Freudian slips. During a conversation between Chausable and Miss Prism, he states that if he were “fortunate enough to be Miss Prism’s pupil he would hang upon her lips.” The misplaced assumption used by Wilde seemingly shows what Wilde’s opinions are towards religion in the Victorian times and why people were frustrated by his controversial play as he continually satirizes society, thus showing how they are plot tools for representing another set of products in society. Moments after the sexual language, Chausable claims he “spoke metaphorically,” which appears to be a continued theme in the play as Chasuble attempts to get himself out of trouble having just embarrassed himself. Usually even though it is normal for men to have attractions towards women, being a man of the church, he should restrain his thoughts but Wilde mocks him by making him seem like an insult
Miss Prism and Chasuble are products of society in the way that they are both plot tools for Wilde satirizing the Victorian era in the sense that Chasuble should represent a man of the church who is moral, but isn’t whilst Miss Prism is distinctly unattractive who represents the boring nature of education in those times.
Chasuble uses sexual innuendos in his speech, to represent how he is fighting his passion for Miss Prism and doesn’t represent a moral man of the church.
Wilde uses humour in order to present the mockery of Chasuble as a religious man.
Miss Prism’s lessons are boring and so Cecily decides to pursue her role as the cupid in their relationship, showing how dull Miss Prism is.
“fortunate enough to be Miss Prism’s pupil, he would hang upon her lips”
“Miss Prism has just been complaining of a slight headache”
“horrid, horrid German!”
“the three-volume novels.”
Chausable, a man of the church, uses persistent innuendos giving him an immoral reputation and his flirtatious desire for Miss Prism is presented through metaphoric language and the use of Freudian slips. During a conversation between Chausable and Miss Prism, he states that if he were “fortunate enough to be Miss Prism’s pupil he would hang upon her lips.” The misplaced assumption used by Wilde seemingly shows what Wilde’s opinions are towards religion in the Victorian times and why people were frustrated by his controversial play as he continually satirizes society, thus showing how they are plot tools for representing another set of products in society. Moments after the sexual language, Chausable claims he “spoke metaphorically,” which appears to be a continued theme in the play as Chasuble attempts to get himself out of trouble having just embarrassed himself. Usually even though it is normal for men to have attractions towards women, being a man of the church, he should restrain his thoughts but Wilde mocks him by making him seem like an insult