a filmmaker can easily lose sight of the fact that the essence of a great play resides in its language and not in a movie’s ability to go on location or add cinematic frills. In opening up Oscar Wilde’s 1895 comic masterpiece‚ ’’The Importance of Being Earnest‚’’ the director Oliver Parker‚ whose more straightforward adaptation of Wilde’s ’’Ideal Husband’’ three years ago found an agreeable balance between period lushness and linguistic precision‚ has gone overboard. What would Wilde have made of
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These people have been born into wealth and don’t like people who have earned their money through working. However‚ Hester is from America and has had to work her way up to gain money and to be where she is today. She doesn’t agree with people being born into wealth and those people looking down on the people who have worked their way up. Both Mrs Arbuthnot and Hester disagree with each other in this sense which shows a contrasting of personalities. On the other hand‚ Hester says ‘nothing should
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Charlie is a teenager entering high school‚ but is it introverted person at school and at home. He meets new friends that are not of his age group‚ is invited to many social events‚ and throughout his life he has many memories in which he does not understand until later. When he meets Sam‚ his life changes completely‚ which is why Save me by BTS represents Charlie’s emotions throughout the novel‚ by illustrating Charlie’s strong desire for Sam‚ his need to have someone as guidance or as friend‚ and
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life‚ which means in order for me to succeed in matric I have to balance my sports‚ my work and my social life in order to create equilibrium. Not only to live a life of purpose‚ but to have a full appreciation of each moment daily. The Perks Of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky was a different book to the others I read as the book almost pulled you into the story and you felt as if you were the main character and you shared all the same experiences. Chbosky showed me how important it is to
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The issue regarding foetus as a human being is controversial among scholars. Two schools of thought have been postulated‚ some in support of a foetus as a person by giving biblical references (Psalms 139 verse 13-15) hence they regard foetus as a human being which falls under section 12 of the Zimbabwean constitution. A foetus has also been protected and included in article 6.1 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights that it has the right to life and the right shall be protected
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nature of the Victorian era. Much of his writing accomplishes this‚ but with his flamboyant lifestyle and subsequent trials‚ “exposed the conservative society to extreme scrutiny”. (“The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde”) When he wrote The Importance of Being Earnest‚ one of his most famous plays‚ he used parody and irony to show the moral hypocrisy he saw in the Victorian era. Here the characters are more concerned with style than substance. By telling white lies in an extremely gracious manner‚ they
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Comparing Perks of Being a Wallflower and Breakfast Club. In this essay‚ I will be comparing John Hughes’ The Breakfast Club published in 1985 with Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower of 1999. The Breakfast club aims to highlight what went on in high schools as well as the larger society at the time‚ by using five unique stereotypes. In the movie‚ there was the jock: trying to live up to his dad’s and friends’ expectations; the brain‚ expected to be super-smart; the princess‚ who always
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One feature to realize about The Importance of Being Earnest and Pride and Prejudice is that they are both similar in a comedic manner for readers to feel entertained. However‚ what separates the two stories are their themes; whereas The Importance of Being Earnest was written based on how society was around the Victorian Era in satirical form‚ while on the other hand Pride and Prejudice is concerned more with the idea of how love can overcome all obstacles despite the fact that two different people
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Comparing and Contrasting Works by Kundera and Khaled Hosseini The unbearable lightness of being was published in Paris in 1984 by Czech author Milan Kundera. The novel is a mix of genre-defying mix of historical fiction‚ love stories‚ philosophy‚ and experimentation with narrative technique. Set mostly in Prague in the late 1960s‚ the novel focuses on the love lives of four Czech intellectuals as they struggle with relationships‚ sex‚ politics‚ and the military occupation of their country. The
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Gwendolyn in the Importance of Being Earnest. Be sure to consider the personalities of each woman as you analyze how the demand’s and requirements of courtship dominate her attention and her interactions with others. The Differences and Similarities Between Two Sets of Sisters In Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility‚ the two characters‚ Elinor and Marianne Dashwood‚ represent sense and sensibility‚ respectively. In Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest‚ the character‚ Gwendolyn
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