Line 447-592 The Importance of Being Earnest was a satirical comedy written by Oscar Wilde with the express intention of highlighting the absurdity and‚ by modern standards‚ moral hypocrisy of the English upper classes in the late Victorian era. One of the ways in which this is done is through the characters perceived pragmatic approach to romance. In this essay I shall particularly focus on Lady Bracknell for I feel she is the most exaggerated manifestation of upper class values‚ and therefore provides
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How does Miller create Mood and Atmosphere in this extract? (Scene where Eddie kisses Catherine and Rodolfo) At the beginning of this extract there is a sense of dramatic irony as the audience knows that this will be a drama filled extract because they know that Rodolfo and Catherine have gone into the bedroom and may have assumed that they have slept together. They also know that Eddie is drunk‚ ‘He is unsteady‚ drunk.’ The tension in the atmosphere is caused by the fact that Eddie is drunk
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How Does the Composer Create meaning in the tempest? Refer to techniques and quotes in your answer Meaning increases the understanding and view of the world and by the use of dramatic techniques‚ themes and character development Shakespeare creates depth and insight to provide the reader with a view of the world from his perspective. In The Tempest Shakespeare uses themes such as power‚ colonisation and distinguishing man from monster to create meaning and also techniques such as exclamations
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Miller creates tension in this moment in the play through the song‚ the dialogue and the stage directions. The song creates a lot of tension in this moment in the play. The song does this by having Rudolpho singing this the song about Catherine. This creates tension because the song objectifies Catherine by calling her a “paper doll” in the song. This also creates because it helps confirm the theory that Rodolpho is only after Catherine because he wants his papers to be an american citizens. Tension
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of Oscar Wilde is nothing special; it is actually more of a statement. Oscar Wilde lived to make a point. During the time he was alive he made many mistakes and had many triumphs. Oscar Wilde spoke his mind and didn’t let anything stop him from doing the things he wanted. Wilde is a literary genius that used his life experience in his writings. Oscar Wilde’s education‚ experiences and personal life helped form him into the acclaimed author he is today. Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde‚ or as
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“Much of the comedy arises from the fact that Wilde creates female characters who refuse to conform to stereotypes” to what extent do you agree with this statement on “The Importance of being Earnest”? The stereotypical view of the woman in late Victorian London was that they were to be married to who their parents decided they’d be married to‚ and not have an opinion on the matter that differed from their parent’s. This expected behaviour was not what was displayed by such female characters in Oscar
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Oscar Wilde‚ author of the play The Importance of Being Earnest‚ once said “man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask‚ and he will tell you the truth.” Wilde understands that everyone has their own way of hiding the truth about who they truly are and everyone has their own way of how they portray that side of themselves. In The Importance of Being Earnest‚ many characters use the technique of bunburying to hide their true selves and escape from reality. Proper etiquette
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crossed lovers" Romeo and Juliet are going to die‚ this makes it clear that the play is a tragedy. A Tragedy is a traditional form of theatre where the main characters in the play die as a result of their tragic flaw‚ for example in the tragedy play Macbeth‚ Macbeth’s vaulting ambition leads him to his death. Romeo and Juliet’s flaw is the powerful love between them and it means their relationship has to be secret and this leads to Mercutio being killed by Tybalt and Romeo then killing Tybalt. The
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opening of ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ paying particular attention to the range of attitudes towards marriage. In The Importance of Being Earnest‚ various attitudes are explored by the main characters‚ which range in support of marriage to attacking the idea of marriage. The play starts with Algernon playing the piano. He enters the scene‚ and asks lane what he thought of his playing. In response to Lane’s compliment‚ Algernon replies with ‘I don’t play accurately’. This shows us a decadent
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How is Paterson able to create distinctive characters of the bush scene? Banjo Paterson conveys to us through the readers about the uniquely Australian voices by expressing his interpretation of nature of the Australian outback and his dislike of society have become today (city vs bush). This text is derived from texts ‘’Clancy the overflow’’ and ‘’the Bush christening ‘’by banjo Paterson. The uniquely construction of persona within these two texts explore nature of the Australian and his dislike
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