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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What does it mean to be a hero? A hero is a person who is admired or idealized for courage‚ outstanding achievements‚ or noble qualities like being courageous‚ honest‚ and determined. A hero would always make communities a better place‚ which makes people admire them. Heroes would devote their best power to assist everything. Today‚ we have heroes that are help to make the world a better place from the past to the future. Odysseus was a Greek hero from Homer’s Iliad‚ The Odyssey. In one hand‚ Odysseus
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Perfect face‚ perfect teeth‚ perfect hair‚ perfect skin‚ tall‚ size 0 models are the stereotypical woman who are plastered all over popular magazines in today’s society. The image of being ’perfect’ has a big impact on women and teenage girls around the nation. Flicking through magazines‚ on every second page there seems to be advertisements displaying pictures of popular celebrities which all look flawless and are wearing the best clothes there is‚ which can easily lower someones self esteem within
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themed party. I chose this theme because I’m thankful for God‚ and he gave me‚ and famous artists‚ the talent to enjoy art and to create it. I am especially thankful for that because even though I may not be so good at art‚ I still enjoy it. Some people aren’t so grateful‚ even if they are amazing. I will be inviting Michelangelo‚ Leonardo da Vinci‚ Van Gogh‚ and Pablo Picasso. I am inviting them because I am being thankful for art and all four artists are very gifted in that subject. I am thankful
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Being poor is the recipe for a hard life.Being poor as a 5 foot 9‚145 lb‚15 year old kid with giraffe legs and arms thinner than wire hanger is even harder.This was the case for Marvin.Marvin lived with his mom‚dad‚2 brothers and grandpa in a tiny apartment that was more like a dungeon than a living space.The apartment was dusty‚dirty and cramped at all hours.The neighborhood he lived in was notoriously dangerous.Marvin hated his life and what he had to do to survive.He was a thief.He would steal
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the risk of being interrupted by thoughtless autograph hounds or mobbed by aggressive fans. In addition‚ celebrities are under constant pressure. Their physical appearance is always under observation. Famous women‚ especially‚ suffer from the "she really looks old" or the "boy‚ has she put on weight" spotlight. Unflattering pictures of celebrities are photographers’ prizes to be sold to the highest bidder; this increases the pressure on celebrities to look good at all times. Famous people are also
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The Relevance of Culture for Development in Post-Colonial Zimbabwe Written by: Guy Penford on behalf of the Ben Gula Trust 25 August 2010 In the foregoing discussion‚ the extreme marginalisation of Zimbabwe’s Tonga people will be located as an extension of the wider problem affecting African development‚ namely the problem of the development gap between rural and urban areas. In turn‚ this will feed into an explanation of how the only way to remedy the Tonga plight is to forge economic and
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neighbors. All black men and women do not play sports and we do not all have children‚ without the means to take care of them. I am not what they say I am. I am better then what they ever expected. We are better than what they could ever imagine‚ being black in America could be. For example‚ take a moment and turn the television channel on VH-1‚ MTV‚ or BET and you will notice hip-hop music
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower This modern‚ coming-of-age novel written by Stephen Chbosky follows the teenage life of a new freshman named Charlie. Through his letters to a mysterious stranger‚ readers follow his typical and not-so-typical experiences as he learns about friendship‚ relationships‚ sexuality‚ drugs‚ and everything that teenagers are often faced with growing up. Charlie gives insight into the non-glamorous life of a so-called “wallflower”. The use of “Point of View” in this novel
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Literature critical reading THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST‚ A TRIVIAL COMEDY FOR SERIOUS PEOPLE by the Irish writer and poet Oscar Wilde‚ is a comedy about the customs and seriousness of society around Victorian values of that time. THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST is an excellent example of what a satire is‚ by the use of satirical devices such as irony‚ sarcasm and farce to show the society in a ridiculous way. In the play‚ Wilde often satirizes the Victorian society and all the rules that weren’t
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