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    described by Carl Young because he saw similarities between pieces of literature. There are several archetypes in most stories and many stories may have some of the same archetypes. This is evidently true in the movie Cool Hand Luke and also in the book “The Catcher in the Rye”. Luke‚ in Cool Hand Luke‚ and Holden‚ in The Catcher in the Rye‚ exhibit similar archetypal features such as the Christ-Figure‚ the Anti-hero and their experience of the road of trails. Luke and Holden can both be compared to

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    Anna Hidrogo The Importance of Being Earnest: Social Satire The definition of a satire is a humor that ridicules the faults and bad habits of a society. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde is definitely a social satire. Wilde uses figures of speech such as paradoxes and humorous irony to breakdown the faults of the Victorian Era during the time period of the reform. The characters in this play each held a certain quality that added to the satire Wilde wanted describe. He acknowledges

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    Sure in the process of doing so you’ll comeThe Perks of being a wallflower is a modern classic that captures the dizzying highs and crushing lows of growing up. It’s a tale about young love‚ devastating loss‚ fear and hope and the unforgettable friendships throughout life. The movie follows observant “wallflower” Charlie as he charts a course throughout the strange world between adolescence and adulthood. He’s shy‚ introspective‚ smart beyond his years yet socially awkward who has no direction‚ no

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    Trivial Comedy for Serious People‚" The Importance of Being Earnest jokingly criticized Victorian manners and morals and attacking the society of the rich and luxurious. Oscar Wilde incorporated his own beliefs and ideology into the play by alluding to Victorian society "lets duplicity led to happiness." It is this "happiness" Wilde’s play focuses on by concentrating the theme of the play on marriage. Alluding to marriage‚ The Importance of Being Earnest begins with the witty and selfish Algernon

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    The Importance of Not Being Earnest Oscar Wilde’s hilarious play‚ "The Importance of Being Earnest‚" is based in Victorian England and follows the story of Mr. Jack Worthing; a lovesick man who lies regarding his identity so he may escape to the city. While his lies start unraveling‚ chaos breaks out. In the last line of the play‚ Jack claims that‚"he has learned the vital importance of being earnest." This conclusion brings the reader to wonder‚ does a tiger ever change it’s stripes? Does the

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    Research Paper The Importance of Being Earnest This novel‚ The Importance of Being Earnest‚ elaborates on the importance of telling the truth. You have two best friends‚ Algernon Moncrieff and Jack Worthing‚ who create other people in their life. The plot of the story brings to the forth the concept of being honest. For example‚ Algernon admits that for him to be seen as polite‚ he makes up an invalid friend called Bunbury. On the other hand‚ Jack also comes up with a fake brother called Earnest

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    Worksheet: Novel analysis Title: The Perks of Being a Wallflower Author: Stephen Chbosky Genre: Epistolary novel Nationality: American The publication year: 1999 Information about the author: Stephen Chbosky was born January 25th in 1970. He is an American writer and film director‚ and is best known for The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Stephen was born in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania. He is of Polish‚ Slovak‚ Irish and Scottish descent. Chbosky graduated in 1988 from Upper St. Clair High

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    Lauren Skarupsky  English III Honors   Summer Work    The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde Reading Questions  1. Explain how Wilde uses satire to critique Victorian society.    Throughout the entire play Oscar Wilde critiques the Victorian society through each of  the characters. The characters represent the Victorian era but have twisted views on the major  emotions love and marry that are mentioned in the play continuously. Wilde depicts the  society in which the characters live in as superficial

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    Hypocrisy of Being Earnest The Victorian era was a time of smugness and pomposity for the newly rich generation who quickly rose in class during and after the industrial revolution. Nothing was as it seemed in this day when earnestness was allegedly the most prized attribute a man could possess. In Oscar Wilde’s classical satire‚ “The Importance of Being Earnest‚” every character embodies the ideas and values of this “earnest” age. Oscar Wilde’s primary character in “The Importance of Being Earnest

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    The alienation of Tereza from her body In Milan Kundera’s‚ The Unbearable Lightness of Being‚ Tereza faces a conflict in which she feels alienated from her body. This result from a quantity of reasons such as her interactions with certain people‚ how she acts in these situations‚ and her inability to picture and create her own self-identity. Throughout the chapters‚ we see Tereza slowly decay from her moral roots and seek to find a different measure of pleasure that will give her happiness in

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