poem to rubble. The rhythm of poetry is the flow and beat of the words. It is composed mainly of stresses and pauses that dictate how the words are read and even the way certain words are emphasized throughout the piece. In “Sadie and Maud”‚ Gwendolyn Brooks creates a sing song rhythm that is easily discerned when read aloud: Maud went to college. Sadie stayed at home. Sadie scraped life With a fine-tooth comb. She didn’t leave a tangle in. Her comb found every strand. Sadie was
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its having been discovered‚ and both men seem to accept the fact that servants steal from their masters. In the following act we learn of Jack’s love for Gwendolyn - Lady Bracknell’s daughter. He has come up from the country into town so he may ask her hand in marriage. Jack revels in excitement when he learns that Lady Bracknell and Gwendolyn are coming for tea at Algernon’s house. Upon their arrival‚ Lady Bracknell enquires as to where the cucumber sandwiches she specially requested are. Algernon
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comedy in his satire. The main plot of the story is that Jack needs to find his parents in order to marry Gwendolyn. Jack however has been living another life in the country as Uncle Jack to his adopted father’s granddaughter (Cecily). Jacks plans are interrupted when he tells his friend Algernon about his city and country lives. The story begins with a serious tone‚ Jack wanting to marry Gwendolyn and searching for his parents. This play is a tragic comedy because there is a great chance that it will
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TOPIC : THE ACT OF BUNBURYING IS THE CENTRAL TO THE THEME OF THE PLAY. DISCUSS WHY WITH REFERENCE TO QUOTES WITHIN THE TEXT AND THE ERA THE PLAY WAS WRITTEN IN. BUNBURYING- A WORLD OF CHIMERA :- Bunburying was just a way for Jack to break-out of his social duties and responsibilities by giving an excuse to meet an imaginary person (Ernest) created by him itself. The bunburying allows both Jack and Algernon to live an untruth‚ to give an impression assist the highest ethical standards‚ while be
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To be used and sold by their guardians and to-be husbands. Mrs Bracknell (Gwendolyn’s mother) is using her daughter to better her own social position. And Mr Worthing uses Cecily (his ward) as a tool to get Lady Bracknell to agree to his marrying Gwendolyn. Neither is particularly concerned with the girl’s own happiness. It therefore appears that women in Victorian Society weren’t really people‚ they were to be nice decorations and to do as they were told‚ not that many of them agreed with this.
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The concept of marriage up until the twentieth century was considered to be prestigious and was the central aim of the English novel. Wilde uses the concept of marriage in The Importance of Being Earnest as a paradox. The characters are disinterested‚ some repulsed‚ by the concept of marriage yet it is the final goal and motivation of the play. The concept of marriage is presented in many ways. Each character presents their opinion on marriage‚ and has had an experience with it. The characters call
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Chiderah Onyeukwu Professor Daniel Galvin English 213 18 April 2013 Role of Marriage in Importance of Being Earnest The Importance of Being Earnest‚ Oscar Wilde’s last and most famous play‚ debuted in London on February 14‚ 1895. Throughout the play‚ one major theme seems to override the others. That theme is the role of marriage; the question of whether marriage as an institution is “pleasant” or “unpleasant” comes up repeatedly. It seems as if every character has a strong stance on the role of
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In this case Gwendolyn and Cecily are always very proper and they are expected to live up to the standard of a Victorian woman. Like upper-class women today‚ women in the Victorian Era had high standards they were demanded to meet. Lady Bracknell could not imagine her daughter‚ Gwendolyn‚ being away from the classy and hustling life of the city for an extended period of time. There was no way a true
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entire play to come together by unknowingly creating a calamitous chain of events to occur by her refusal to let her daughter Gwendolyn marry to Jack Worthing. She is presented as strict‚ uptight woman who is very much the Matriarch of the family. One way Wilde presents this idea is when Lady Bracknell is interviewing Jack on whether he should be allowed to marry Gwendolyn. In the interview Lady Bracknell is seen asking Jack questions such as “Do you smoke” this could indicate the void of old London
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risks in the process of enjoying themselves and satisfying their desires for pleasure in life‚ while at the same time being able to get the necessary work done. In the poems “in the inner city” by Lucille Clifton and “a song in the front yard” by Gwendolyn Brooks‚ both the authors illustrate this point—that human nature’s love for liveliness is greater than their desire for a safer environment that’s dull and predictable‚ and that keeping people in an isolated safe haven does more harm than good—through
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