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    In the opening scene of The Importance of Being Earnest‚ Oscar Wilde creates a farcical and unrealistic world. Wilde creates a theoretical world during the conversation between Algernon and Lane; the audience would expect Lane to obey Algernon’s every command with ‘yes sir’. However‚ Wilde insinuates that Lane is comfortable around Algernon‚ the audience can also observe that the two men share an informal relationship. Although we can witness the informal side to their relationship‚ the audience

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    different eras‚ there are quite a few phenomena they have in common. Written in the 16th century‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare is the oldest among the four dramas. Goldsmith wrote She Stoops to Conquer in 1773‚ Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest was published in 1895‚ while Mrs Warren’s Profession by Bernard Shaw was written in 1893. It is obvious that each era imposed a particular world view on the writer‚ therefore a brief historical outlook when talking about the plays is more

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    Dramatic Irony

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    Examples of Dramatic Irony from Act I & II | Characters Involved | Sympathy?Antipathy? | Reason your sympathies lean as they do | Evidence- Lines & Explanation of Effect | Act 1 scene 1 | Hamlet‚ Claudius‚ Marcellus‚ Horatio‚ Barnardo | This is where the ghost is first seen by Horatio‚ Marcellus and Barnardo‚ representing that the King’s spirit is still alive as he is not yet at peace. I feel sympathetic for Hamlet as in the next scene everyone is mourning over the King’s death and Hamlet

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    Irony in"the Lottery"

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    Irony in “The Lottery” Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” offers an almost classic study of irony of situation: the reader expects a celebration; she gets a stoning. Such a reversal is the work of careful planning by the author. The reader expects the lottery to be a celebration of some sort because Jackson describes the setting‚ details the activities of the townspeople‚ and refers to the lottery itself in terms that belie the outcome of the event. First‚ Jackson establishes a setting which suggests

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    Ironies of Kingship

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    like the King in King Lear. Historically Edward II might not have shown this kind of tragic understanding of life. It is here that one has to look for the poet in the dramatist who expressed the renaissance anxiety for the helplessness of the human beings before Time. In the context of the drama‚ however‚ the understanding of the futility of human endeavour is related to another personal fact of the king; in fact‚ he lost the desire to live after Gaveston’s death‚ who was half his self. In other words

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    The Importance of Communications and Being on time by PFC Jenkins The importance of not being late shows that you have not discipline and respect for being a solider in the army. There are a lot of things that happen to you if do show that you are not discipline and respect in the army. Some of the things are that you can get UCMJ put against as a solider and corrective training. I do understand what I did was wrong and will take responsible for my action but I want to let my opinion know is that

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    Irony: The Art Of Satire

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    Satire is a literary work in which the follies of its subject are attacked through irony‚ derision‚ or wit‚ usually to fulfill a corrective purpose. Those who satirize are called satirists. Satire is an art‚ and while making a point‚ it should do it in such a way that the reader doesn’t feel assaulted‚ or moralized. No one likes a moralizer. Satire’s more eye opening than judgmental‚ and is conveyed through distortion‚ exaggeration (as well as understatement)‚ paronomasia‚ ambiguity and innuendo

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    connection to various business and personal scenarios. Analyze the costs and benefits of being a person of integrity. Identify professional work habits that may lead to success in the workplace. Define initiative‚ responsiveness‚ resourcefulness‚ and reliability in a professional context. Identify the costs and benefits of preparation‚ goal setting‚ time management‚ and organization. Explain the importance of being prompt and its relationship to integrity. Assignment Requirements This activity allows

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    The Importance of Being on Time at Your Place of Duty By Spc Grant‚ John Today I was task with writing an essay on the importance of being on time at your place of duty. I thought about what I could write about and this is what I came up with. It made me think back to one of my seven army values; Duty. What is my duty? It is my duty to show up at my station of assignment on time if not even a little early. Reasons for this would be that the NCO would know that all personnel are present and ready

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    Lorraine Stock’s “The Importance of Being Gender ‘Stable’: Masculinity and Feminine Empowerment” chooses to focus on how both genders are portrayed in the romance and how “power is allocated to and appropriated” by each gender (7). Stock begins with the character of King Ebain whose “masculinity‚ which should stabilize the kingdom‚ is consistently being undermined” (9). An example of this is that unlike the other male characters in the romance Ebain has no children and not even an adopted son like

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