the major pun is found within the title. In The Importance of Being Earnest‚ the pun‚ widely considered to be the lowest form of verbal wit‚ is rarely just a play on words. The title‚ - The Importance of Being Earnest‚- insinuates the importance of being honest and truthful‚ while playing on the male name‚ Ernest. The pun in the title is a case in point. The earnest/Ernest joke strikes at the very heart of Victorian notions of respectability and duty. Gwendolen wants to marry a man called Ernest
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Why Being On Time is Important Being on time is one of the most basic‚ yet most important things about what we do‚ as Marines‚ and Military Policemen. Most Marines understand this concept and are able to comply willfully and promptly due to the extent they have been taught regarding the importance of being on time and the punishment that can follow a more than tardy arrival. Tardiness in the workplace is a correctable issue and majority of the time is nothing more than a seldom occurrence.
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Often times‚ authors and playwrights write characters and plots based on life experiences. These ordeals can very much alter one’s life and the perception of it. Author and playwright Oscar Wilde is no exception to this; with the many experiences that his own life holds‚ such as his double identity and homosexuality in the Victorian Era‚ Wilde is able to write his autobiography as a novel or play using characters similar to ones in his own life‚ as he has. In The Importance of Being Earnest‚ Algernon
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Summary The curtain opens on the flat of wealthy Algernon Moncrieff in London’s fashionable West End. While Algernon (Algy‚ for short) plays the piano‚ his servant (Lane) is arranging cucumber sandwiches for the impending arrival of Algernon’s aunt (Lady Bracknell) and her daughter (Gwendolen). Mr. Jack Worthing (a friend of Moncrieff’s and known to him as Ernest) arrives first. Jack announces that he plans to propose marriage to Gwendolen‚ but Algernon claims that he will not consent to their
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specific. Those who do not provide detailed responses will receive partial credit. Each chart is worth 0.5 points for a total of 2 points. • Calories Eaten Pie Chart • Calories burned pie chart; logged activities • Calories over time • Nutrition as Percent RDA or AI Question 1 is worth 4 points. • 0.5 points will be awarded for your personal reflection of your overall nutrition and exercise based on what you recorded over the past week. • 1.5 point will be awarded
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In Oscar Wilde’s play‚ “The Importance of Being Earnest‚” the traditionally esteemed values of duty‚ honesty‚ and hard work are tossed aside in favor of baser motivations. Pleasure‚ rather than morality‚ is the focus of every decision made by these less than admirable characters. As eloquently stated by Jack‚ “…pleasure‚ pleasure! What else should bring one anywhere?” (1735). The characters treat serious responsibilities such as marriage‚ family‚ and faithfulness as mere trivialities that can be
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The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is regarded by many as one of the wittiest plays in the English language. However‚ it is not simply a “trivial comedy‚” as its title proposes‚ but also a cutting satire appraising the conventions of Victorian society‚ chiefly the upper class. Much of Wilde’s social commentary is portrayed through the speech of the dictatorial Lady Bracknell‚ who embodies Victorian upper class conventions. Having ascended to her current high social
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happened especially when rainy season. Like the flood that happened only this past year in Manila that caused different diseases to the people. We all know that the caused of the flood was the scattered garbage that when it rains they gather in one place that causes overflow in canals. If we cannot dispose properly these garbages‚ it will cause problem in the environment and to our health. Humans are part of any ecosystem in which they live. Like other organisms living in an ecosystem‚ their activities
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of wanting to control destiny. Both Sophocles and Shakespeare would agree that the forces of destiny and choice continue to strive for the control of human life. However‚ both of these playwrights support the perspective on the struggle born of his time and culture. For the Greek Sophocles‚ fate actually overpowers human will; meaning the harder a man works to avoid his fate‚ the more destined his fate is to become. Sophocles’ characters eventually surrender after their efforts of resistance and
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THE 1000 YEARS OF REVELATION Revelation 20: 1-6 is the one passage of the Bible that directly speaks of the Millennium‚ which means a thousand years and refers to the reign of Christ. The interpretations of this scripture vary and can be expressed from three different prospectives‚ which include the views of premillennialism‚ postmillennialism and millennialism. The scripture‚ as documented in the King James Version of the New Testaments states: 20:1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven‚
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