way‚ will break. In the play‚ A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams‚ Williams portrays the main character‚ Blanche Dubois‚ as a Southern belle whose youth and beauty strikes her as one of the most important parts of her life she cannot live without. She has lost all she believes
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Algernon Moncrief in Oscar Wilde’s "The Importance of Being Earnest" is quite simply a child at play. Algy‚ as he’s known to his friends‚ is a young bachelor not yet in his thirties living the aristocratic life of a Victorian gentleman. He has an underdeveloped sense of morality and of the world beyond him. Algy has an excellent skill for wit and as an "Oxonian"‚ his education is also rather noticeable. You might also surmise him to be unhappy if he were eating muffins as if there was no tomorrow
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To what purpose do the playwrights use props and what is significant about it? ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’: 1. Cigarette case: The cigarette case introduced in Act 1 acts as a source for introducing the conflict. It leads the audience to discover John and Algernon’s double lives and introduces the notion of ‘Bunburying’ as named by Algernon. 2. Food: Food is used as a prop quite frequently throughout the play. In Act 1‚ we see Algernon preparing cucumber sandwiches for the arrival
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“Analyze Earnest’s subtitle‚ “A Trivial Comedy for Serious People”. What do you think Wilde meant by this?” Oscar Wilde’s play “The Importance of Being Earnest” follows the story of Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff‚ two Victorian era gentlemen who practice the habit of “bunburying” – the act of inventing a friend whose needs are so compelling that nobody will question the need to visit that friend for an extended period of time on short notice. In addition to this double-life motif‚ the themes
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To what extent does Williams present desire as a tragic flaw in scene six of ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ In A Streetcar Named Desire Blanche’s flaws that lead to her downfall are abundant. If we are to view Blanche Dubois as a tragic heroine‚ then it is in scene six that her tragic flaws are especially evident‚ and in particular desire. They are so prevalent here as it is arguably the beginning of Blanche’s demise and as in Shakespearean tragedy; it is in the centre of the play that we see
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Susanna Huth Gender Roles In The importance of Being Earnest In The Importance of Being Earnest‚ the question of each gender’s role in society often centers on power. In the Victorian world men had greater influence than women. Men made the decisions for their families‚ while women worked around the house. Wilde raises interesting questions about gender roles in The Importance of Being Earnest‚ by putting women (like Lady Bracknell) in positions of power and by showing that men can be irresponsible
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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
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Explore the use of Duplicity and Deception in the Importance of Being Earnest The themes in Oscar Wilde´s “Importance of Being Earnest” such as hypocrisy‚ manners‚ dual identity‚ duplicity and deception are all closely linked throughout the play. One can see that the use of witticisms and hyperbole‚ combined with the themes Wilde commonly associates with Victorian lifestyle subtly‚ lightheartedly deride the audience. The effect of the theme duplicity and deception is essentially the criticism
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How does Williams present the themes of illusion and fantasy in A Streetcar Named Desire? The theme of reality vs. fantasy is one that the play centres around. Blanche dwells in illusion; fantasy is her primary means of self-defence‚ both against outside threats and against her own demons. Throughout the play‚ Blanche’s dependence on illusion is contrasted with Stanley’s steadfast realism‚ and in the end it is Stanley and his worldview that win. To survive‚ Stella must also resort to a kind of
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Does the "Importance of being Earnest" Movie live up to Wilde’s original play? Oliver parker made a play adapted movie from Oscar Wilde play‚ “The Importance of Being Earnest”. This movie turn out to be a funny‚ light hearted romantic version of Oscar Wilde’s play. However the original play was a satirical‚ romantic comedic play. The play most importantly was a satirical work that criticised the upper class of the victorian society as a whole. It pointed out the flaws in marriage‚ social classes
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