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    Someone could ask me what me‚ “What does being an American mean to you?” Well up until now I haven’t put much thought to it. I don’t know much about being an American‚ what I do know is we have rights. As Americans we don’t have monarchy. We’re a free country; we have the choice to be able to vote for who we want running‚ not our lives but our country. To be an American is the greatest thing in the world to most

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    Austin Green-Paxton TDA-English 4A 6/10/13 A Midsummer Night’s Dream A and B) THESEUS‚ Duke of Athens: Engaged to Hippolyta. Theseus represents power and order throughout the course of the play. He appears only at the beginning and end of the story‚ and seems to be removed from the dreamlike events of the forest. EGEUS‚ Father to Hermia: Egeus has given Demetrius permission to marry Hermia‚ but Hermia‚ who’s in love with Lysander‚ refuses to marry Demetrius. Egeus’s insists that

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    4 February 2015 1. The title Doll’s House‚ has many meaning behind it that symbolize events happening in the book. Torvald has never treated Nora as anything except for a doll‚ calling her a songbird‚ giving her money to spend recklessly‚ and just not taking her seriously at all. To the reader‚ Nora is Torvald’s doll that wastes money and talks too much. 2. A doll’s house is not an accurate translation of Doll’s House‚ because a doll’s house show possession. Nora obviously does not own anything

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    actions truly do speak louder than words‚ Wilde has made his point: Society‚ literally‚ speaks volumes‚ but the words are meaningless. Wilde continues his criticism of society’s valuing style over substance when Gwendolen says‚ "In matters of grave importance‚ style‚ not sincerity is the vital thing." Lady Bracknell discusses Algernon’s marriage assets in the same light. She says‚ "Algernon is an extremely‚ I may almost say an ostentatiously‚ eligible young man. He has nothing‚ but he looks everything

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    David Collins 26 October 2014 Ms. Sussman English 3 Deciphering “The Importance of Being Ernest” Through Props In a play‚ some objects can have meanings greater than mere props. In Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”‚ the handbag and cigarette case take on greater meanings pertaining to the plot. Ernest Worthing’s cigarette case is a prop that‚ although seemingly ordinary‚ contributes to the plot. The cigarette case gives deeper insight into Mr. Worthing’s private life. The

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    Satire in The Importance of Being Ernest Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest is truly a satire. In The Importance of Being Ernest‚ Wilde mocks the society in Britain‚ and the rules it followed in the 1800s. He uses satire in the description of every character and other themes like marriage‚ intelligence‚ morality‚ and lifestyle primarily aimed at the upper class of the time. At the turn of every page the use of satire proves again and again to be ideal when questioning the morals and values

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    Line 447-592 The Importance of Being Earnest was a satirical comedy written by Oscar Wilde with the express intention of highlighting the absurdity and‚ by modern standards‚ moral hypocrisy of the English upper classes in the late Victorian era. One of the ways in which this is done is through the characters perceived pragmatic approach to romance. In this essay I shall particularly focus on Lady Bracknell for I feel she is the most exaggerated manifestation of upper class values‚ and therefore provides

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    13. How do Victorian attitudes to marriage and respectability underpin the comic elements of the importance of being Earnest? Plan: Jack and Algernons alter egos‚ Wilde and his social rebellion through his characters. Marriage is loveless‚ wealth and background takes priority over most things‚ Algernon supports this with a quote (once again hes the rebel) Marriage is the end of freedom‚ Cecily wants to break free‚ very curious woman who looks at society differently. takes a liking to

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    ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ draws on components of absurdity and melodrama in order to provide humour and hence conceal the darker meaning of concepts. Wilde’s use of frequent comedic features‚ in addition to witty paradoxes stated by characters allows forms of deception to appear as amusing and superficial while still holding much darker alternate meanings and subtexts which allows him to draw upon and mock the flaws of Victorian society. The idea of deception through leading a double life

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    Explore the opening of ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ paying particular attention to the range of attitudes towards marriage. In The Importance of Being Earnest‚ various attitudes are explored by the main characters‚ which range in support of marriage to attacking the idea of marriage. The play starts with Algernon playing the piano. He enters the scene‚ and asks lane what he thought of his playing. In response to Lane’s compliment‚ Algernon replies with ‘I don’t play accurately’. This shows

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