had children. Maugham attended King’s School in Canterbury before travelling to Germany at the age of sixteen to study literature and philosophy at Heidelberg University. It was here that he had his first homosexual relationship with John Ellingham Brooks (1863-1929). Back in England‚ and after a short stint as accountant‚ he studied medicine at St Thomas’s Hospital in London. Never having difficulty with his studies‚ he qualified as Member of the Royal College of Surgeons and licentiate of the Royal
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that Jack has not realized the importance of being earnest; otherwise he would have admitted that he is a liar. Wilde uses a play on words in reference to earnest to show that Jack realized the importance of being named Ernest in order to marry Gwendolyn‚ instead of the importance of honesty and sincerity. Wilde shows Jack to be a paradox because claims that his name is Ernest‚ but in reality Jack is not honest. Oscar Wilde develops Jack’s character to be hypocritical‚ showing that he is the opposite
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these rituals. Gwendolyn says “I adore you. But you haven’t proposed to me yet. Nothing has been said at all about marriage. The subject has not even been touched on” (622). This shows that Jack is ignoring the stages of courting and jumping right into marriage. Wilde is certainly satirically commenting on courting and how there really just has to be a mutual attraction. Upon Gwendolyn’s acceptance of his proposal‚ the problems with different social affairs begin to be unraveled. Gwendolyn says “I am
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insight to the day to day lives of others as well as to the deep underlying meanings hidden all around us. The poem ‘kitchenette building’ is an amazing representation of how the everyday lives of others can be shown through poetry. In this poem‚ Gwendolyn Brooks shows how those in the kitchenette building she once lived in are not given the chance they deserve to live their dreams. Instead they are forced to go with the flow of the lives they currently live. The poem is showing how those in the building
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Gwendolyn and Cecily are guilty of conforming to female stereotypes on numerous occasions. Algernon makes an intelligent assessment when he states‚ “Women only [call each other sister] when they have called each other a lot of other things first” (Wilde 30). When Gwendolyn and Cecily first meet‚ they believe they will become very good friends until a slight‚ not even drastic‚ problem
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Love is a fickle thing. Likewise‚ the portrayal of such a feeling in literature and media can be just as dynamic. Some pieces of literature represent love as a part of life in the sense that one does not 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
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and criticized by Earl Birney and Gwendolyn MacEwen is the exploitation of the environment and other people. Sample topic sentences: Earl Birney is critical of humanity’s exploitation of the environment for economic activity in his poem “Transcontinental.” In “Hot Springs‚” Birney more specifically criticizes the commercialization and exploitation of geographical landmarks for the benefit of the wealthy‚ to the detriment of the local people. Gwendolyn MacEwen’s poem “A Child Dancing‚” instead
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janell hobson and r. dianne bartlow Introduction Representin’: Women‚ Hip-Hop‚ and Popular Music As coeditors of this special issue of Meridians‚ we set out to provide a forum to enrich‚ challenge‚ and expand the present discourse regarding the representation of women in contemporary popular music‚ and particularly in hip-hop. This issue’s three organizing themes—“Hip-Hop (and) Feminism”; “Sight and Sound”; and “Rage against the Machine”—address the debates and intergenerational tensions regarding
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Samantha Soto Gilchrist AP English IV 28 October 2012 The Importance of Being Earnest The Importance of Being Earnest is a play by Oscar Wilde that can be viewed as a satire on the moral compass of people living in the Victorian era. The moral standards of the time held the ideas of sincerity and honesty on a high pedestal. To be Earnest would most likely fall between the two ideals; the first definition of the word earnest is “Serious in intention‚ purpose‚ or effort” and this can be a trait
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Primary sources: Birth Legend of Sargon‚ Sargon‚ King of Battle Secondary sources: Kramer‚ Samuel Noah. 1963. The Sumerians: Their History‚ Culture‚ and Character. The University of Chicago Press; Chicagpo. Leick‚ Gwendolyn. 2001. Mesopotamia: The Invention of the City. Penguin Books; New York Topic 2 Reasons for and examples of poor leadership • Examine the Legend of Naram-sin and how he was a disastrous leader and caused the downfall of his civilization. Look
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