that on purpose or was that just a coincidence?” The question is following some discussion of circumstance‚ character‚ or wording. My response is always some version of‚ “There are no coincidences in [good] literature.” Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest is a fast-paced comedy of errors and chance that shows the transitioning gender roles of the Victorian era. The play provides numerous laughs thanks to Wilde’s wit and wordsmithing. Contemporary audiences probably saw the play as an
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Why be an educated person? The term education’ can mean many things. An education is the collective knowledge a person has‚ but what does an education mean? Although an education can be paid for‚ no one can physically give you an education‚ so it is not a gift. There are societal situations where an education is a necessity‚ but not many globally. Education is a tool to be utilized differently in every part of the world. Knowledge is power‚ but some knowledge is more powerful depending on
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People are struggling and trying to find a secure career seems to be almost impossible. Millions and millions of people graduate college in the hope that finding the job of their dreams will come so easily. Sadly that is not the case and our newly educated individuals are unemployed. Most having to accept minimum wages positions just to keep up with today’s fast paced world. After working so hard for years to make something of yourself‚ not to mention the debt you are left to pay after. It certainly
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The Importance of Being Victorian: Oscar Wilde “The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either‚ and modern literature a complete impossibility” (Wilde 14). As a brilliant writer of the 1800’s‚ Oscar Wilde devoted the majority of his works towards unveiling the harsh truths of the Victorian society. Leading a life of deception himself‚ he chose to showcase his distastes for the social injustice he saw around him with unrestrained humor. Being the first
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is a very common stereotype. America may have always appeared to be ahead of China in terms of schooling but recently‚ China has decided to improve their education standards in hopes to increase their living standards as well. In the article‚ “The Educated Giant” by Nicholas D. Kristof in the New York Times‚ he states that china’s education system is starting to surpass us and that we Americans need to raise our own standards‚ his reason are that Chinese stu¬dents are hungrier for education
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the social hierarchy and even though Eliza’s transformation is unequivocal‚ Higgins initial perception of her never changes – his general attitude towards her is consistent throughout the play. In contrast‚ when Higgins first meets Pickering‚ an educated scholar‚ his demeanor is quite the opposite. The difference between his demeanors leads me to believe that language does affect Higgins’ perception of society. This is shown further due to his rude indifference of Eliza’s drastic transformation.
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reversed. In her thesis‚ Meijers 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
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What is an educated Filipino by Francisco Benitez The conception of education and of what an educated man is varies in response to fundamental changes in the details and aims of society. In our country and during this transition stage in our national life‚ what are the qualities which an educated man should possess? Great changes have taken place in the nature of our social life during the last forty years. The contact with Americans and their civilization has modified
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Kendale Dye WRT 101 Professor Centore 24 February 2014 “Can you be educated from a distance?” The Quality of education does not always depend on the professor who is teaching a course‚ but on the will that the student has to learn. For some students‚ an online course is just as effective and as challenging as any physical course that can be taken. Although this may be true‚ there are both advantages and disadvantages to taking online courses. An online course may be convenient to students who
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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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