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    The Importance of Being Earnest Satire Essay “There is something in that name that seems to inspire absolute confidence.”(Act1part2/Act2part2‚Wilde) The drama The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde‚ is a satire on love‚ relationships and women. Wilde showcases two different types of women that hopelessly fall in love with “Earnest” the name‚ not the man. Gwendolen comes from a high society in which the look of honesty and integrity are highly sought after‚ which is exactly why she

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    “The Importance of Being Earnest”: Text and Film Comparison The most memorable and telling line of Oscar Wilde’s play "The Importance of Being Earnest" is perhaps its last‚ as Jack Worthing gleefully announces‚ "I’ve now realized for the first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest" (Wilde 313). The "vital importance" of this line‚ and its significance‚ constitutes the core difference between the play and Oliver Parker’s film adaptation. As with any film adaptation‚ there are various

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    Deandra Mckie E. Dekline English 201-085 16 April‚ 2013 A Doll’s House: Woman Sacrifices How would you like to live in a society in which you were subjected to live for a man and not yourself. A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen tells the story of Nora a wealthy woman and the struggles she as well as the other female characters in a male dominant society face because of their gender. In this essay I will discuss how the women in Ibsen’s society scarifies themselves in order to remain in there gender

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    Torvald Helmer appears typical for the common relationship expected in this time period‚ it’s obvious that as you dive deeper into the story you can realize that everything is not as it seems. On a surface level most everyone can perceive the benefits being gained from both sides of the relationship. As the play carries on and you start to gain a profounder connection to the characters‚ you will begin to unravel the twisted marriage of the Helmers. Nora Helmer is a prime‚ striking young lady that

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    The rich did not talk about earning money‚ the middle class talked about getting and working for more money and the poor were also focused on money as they had none. My art work portrays the hierarchy of wealth from rich to poor‚ it also shows the importance of having money to survive on many levels‚ the rich are portrayed as selfish‚ the middle class who were earning new money were striving to class climb within the class and the poor were trying to survive and were struggling with the injustices

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    Rikitta Chowdhury A Doll’s House How was your understanding of cultural and contextual considerations of the work developed through the interactive oral? I understand better that women had very little say over political and economic matters and they were economically‚ socially and psychologically dependent on men. Especially on the institutions of marriage and motherhood. Also towards the end of the 19th century the world was changing drastically in terms of politics and economy so people at that

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    Bernal English 1302-049 3/25/13 Obligations can ruin a family Ibsen traveled Europe from 1864 to 1891‚ writing his most important plays while abroad. It was during this time that he wrote A Doll’s House (1879)‚ which would eventually earn him the title of “father of modern drama.” A Doll’s House shocked the audience with its portrayal of a contemporary wife and mother which forced audience members to ask themselves hard questions about the role of women‚ the morality of choices‚ and the value

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    group B Characterization in The Importance of Being Earnest Among Oscar Wilde’s varied works‚ a prominent place has been assumed by a notoriously humorous play The Importance of Being Earnest. Such has been the play’s popularity to this day that countless efforts have been retaken so as to adapting it for modern age due to its scintillating language and the author’s surpassing skill at creating immortal characters. In the attempt to spell out the importance of characterization we shall look

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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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    In comparing the views on society’s classes‚ in the novel The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde‚ there is a connection to the classes in society in London England during the Victorian era. In the novel the character Lady Bracknell makes a comment about the classes‚ which included some fascinating points‚ such as; the meanings and origins of the aristocracy‚ the meanings and origins of the purple commerce and how those two interacted in London during the Victorian era. To start off‚ the

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