ESSAY – THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Writers are often influenced by the ideologies upheld by society during the historical context in which they were writing in and texts can often challenge these ideologies‚ or uphold them‚ or even do both. Oscar Wilde’s‚ The Importance of Being Earnest‚ is a dramatic comedy of manners that takes place in polite wealthy Victorian society. Wilde successfully funnels the snobbery and superficiality of London’s elite during the 1890’s and has both challenged
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Importance Of Being Earnest “Women’s roles are often tokenistic in dramatic comedy” To what extent do you believe this to be the case in relation to the play you have been studying? In dramatic comedy it can often be said that women’s roles are ‘tokenistic’ which essentially means: that women are there to serve a little more than the minimum‚ or may not serve much of a purpose at all‚ they may also follow social stereotypes during the era of this literary piece. In this essay I will be assessing
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Stephen Addison‚ born in the rough city of Wilmington‚ Delaware‚ had a hard life as a child. His mother had always struggled with providing essential needs for her children. Stephen’s mother only had money for her children to get a limited amount of clothing‚ so Stephen had to wear the same clothes almost every week and add slight changes to them. However‚ his family struggles never interfered with his school work. Stephen decided that if he wanted a better life‚ he would have to join the military
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How the Guide to Writing Was Written When starting out as a new writer‚ who wouldn’t want to read a book written by a famous author focused on the mechanics of writing? Fortunately‚ for people born after the year 2000‚ Stephen King wrote exactly this. In his piece‚ On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft‚ King successfully inspires and teaches writers on their journey through telling stories from his past that influenced who he is today‚ as well as giving the readers concrete advice about successful writing
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Throughout my reading of Stephen King’s On Writing and Sherman Alexie’s Superman and Me‚ I was able to distinguish between similarities and differences in each of stories. Stephen King is an eminent writer from Maine who is known for writing horror novels. In On Writing‚ King writes about how people are able to learn both in the classroom and out‚ but he emphasized the importance of learning outside of school. He writes‚ “I took my fair share of english lit classes… but‚ Josh Gould taught me more
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expected to attain this success in literature. This week I would like to delve deeper in the human psyche and struggle. I often marvel at the fine line that separates humans from other animals that do whatever it takes to ensure their own survival. In Stephen Crane’s poem‚ War is Kind‚ he illustrates how war forces men to discard their humanity‚ and they effectively become dehumanized. The word “humble” is used in the poem to show how war diminishes the importance of
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I’ve chosen a novel written by Stephen King. It is called Cujo‚ one of his best-known bestsellers. It was first published in 1981. I already read this book a year ago in Hungarian and I liked it very much. This was the reason why I decided to reread it in English. It was a good experience to me because it was the first time I had read a book in English. The other reason was that I really like Stephen King’s style. His books are not about commonplaces like love and happiness. This novel of his can
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The poem “War is Kind” written by Stephen Crane in 1897. The title of the poem is ironic because war is not kind and in the poem a list all of the bad things about war. The theme of the story is completely different than the title. This poem however has more than just one theme there are actually three. Warfare is one of the themes of this poem‚ war is not kind and it is mean. War takes away families it makes them lose their loved ones. All what war is‚ is nothing but lose and heartbreak it only
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The first two sections of Stephen King’s On Writing are in the least enjoyable. They are written in a very forward and easy to follow manner‚ detailing his life’s poignant moments connected to writing. King’s story of his writing is deeply connected to the story of his life. On p. 94‚ he ends the first section‚ the story of his life in writing‚ with “Life is not a support-system for art. It’s the other way around.” This idea is a testament to the closely connected role his art has played in his life
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On Reading On Writing 1. Stephen King invented the most straight-forward‚ humorous‚ and relatable memoir about writing in On Writing. Compared to his fiction novels‚ this while cleaner in gore‚ still does not beat around the bush when it comes to a piece of advice or a story from his childhood. His voice is genuine in ways that one would not expect from such a successful author‚ and while at times‚ he uses vulgar language‚ it is not written without a purpose. When giving advice on vocabulary‚ he
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