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    says‚ “Throughout the Victorian period‚ there was a strict separation between the public and the private sphere. Men were to handle public affairs and women were to take charge of domestic life” (Meijers 7). In The Importance of Being Earnest‚ Oscar Wilde employs a reversal of gender roles‚ including a shift in power that predates this movement‚ effectively challenging traditional Victorian views. He does so by giving his female cast‚ notably Lady Bracknell‚ Cecily Cardew and Miss Fairfax‚ power over

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    Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest The Novel The Importance of Being Earnest was more enjoyable to me than the film. The reason for this was‚ while my imagination pictured the story and the visuals of the people and the settings quite similar to the on-screen portrayal‚ my mind’s images were more enjoyable. The differences portrayed on film were distinctive in the characters‚ scenery‚ and mostly the soundtrack I had not envisioned while reading the play. While they absolutely worked

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    on what art should be or do. Oscar Wilde argues in his preface to “The Picture of Dorian Gray” that art is beauty or a symbol‚ but beneath that is left to the interpretation of the spectator. In Gustave Courbet’s essay “Realist Manifesto” art is knowledge to draw from to inspire his own individuality and to create living art. Although both essays bear some superficial similarities‚ the difference between Wilde’s and Courbet’s definition of art is staggering. Wilde and Courbet recognized how critics

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    Gwen Harwood Essay ‘The richness of Gwen Harwood’s poetry lies in their ability to lend themselves to particular interpretations‚ reflecting different concerns and values’. Discuss INTRODUCTION The poetry of Gwen Harwood can be viewed in different interpretations reflecting different values and concern‚ but all types of variant interpretations deal with theme of change‚ where the persona in all the poems goes through a process of changing‚ being influence by different factors including time‚ trauma

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    5/31/2015 The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde: Summary Meritantion Like 268k  PurchaseCall us at 011­40705070  or   Click to Call Explore Nowdown Arrow Log In Register JEE | AIPMT Class XII Class XI Class X Class IX Class VIII Class VII Class VI Class V Class IV Class III Class II Class I The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde: Summary Share 0 Tweet 0 0 The Canterville Ghost‚ by Oscar Wilde‚ begins when Mr. Otis and his family come to live in the Canterville Chase‚ even though they were advised not to

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    live without experiencing love. On the other hand though‚ love is just as often made a mockery of; it’s depicted as a useless feeling that only distracts people from logic and rational thinking. In The Importance of Being Earnest‚ a play by Oscar Wilde set in Victorian England‚ love is mocked which is evident in Cecily’s lust for Ernest‚ Gwendolen’s love for the name Ernest and Algernon’s ideas of marriage. Wilde’s parodying of love is obvious when Cecily falls in love with Ernest‚ Jack’s fictitious

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    reverting her initial impression "Something tells me that we are going to be great friends…My first impressions of people are never wrong” (Wilde 41) and undermining herself in saying “From the moment I saw you I distrusted you. I felt you that were false and deceitful.” (Wilde 46) By fixating on the importance of dignity within Victorian high society‚ Wilde once again flexes his comedic fingers by exaggerating the comicality of the conflict occurring between the two women. As their poise shatters

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    "The Importance of Being Earnest" was written by the famous Irish author‚ Oscar Wilde. The play represents Wildes late Victorian view of the aristocracy‚ marriage‚ wit‚ and social life during the early 1900’s. His characters are typical Victorian snobs who are arrogant‚ overly proper‚ formal‚ and concerned with money. Wilde portrays the women on two separate levels‚ Cecily Cardew and Gwendolen Fairfax are young‚ sheltered‚ and without identity‚ while Lady Bracknell is the strong adult authority figure

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    have been rather reckless. (IOBE P.24). This can be seen as verbal irony as he was saying how he took bad actions during his life but him saying being reckless is him talking about getting himself into this situation of leading a second life. Oscar Wilde does not just use dramatic and verbal irony in The Importance of Being Earnest‚ he uses the third type of irony called situational irony. Situational irony is when a situation ends up having a completely different ending than what was intended. When

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    In the play‚ The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde‚ the author commences showing his audience the significance behind the title through his use of contrasting different ideas and manipulation of alluding to multiple concepts. The irony held the opposite intent of the title that Jack had named himself Earnest‚ who is neither earnest nor honest yet the author gradually develops the significance behind the developing title. Further‚ Wilde begins his play by contrasting the different ideas of

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