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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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    What comedic conventions does Wilde use in ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’? ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ is considered to be Oscar Wilde’s masterpiece written in 1895. His work here involves mistaken identity‚ satire (social/class rankings)‚ incredible wit and much more. It is theorised that this script was written in slight reflection of Wilde’s own life; he himself led a double life due to his sexuality. The incongruity theory is applied in this script throughout. At the beginning an

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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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    women were expected to have no rights in society‚ and were not allowed/expected to discuss their opinions in matters subjective to men only. Women also had to obey their husbands at all time‚ and accept any demands made by their husband. The Importance of Being Ernest (TIOBE) was set during the Victorian Era‚ and at this time‚ the way women were expected to behave was similar to that of Lysistrata. And men were expected to be committed‚ and had a strict set of rules to follow when trying to address

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    In The Importance of Being Earnest‚ author Oscar Wilde criticizes the Victorian society. His characters represent the Victorian era and have twisted views on issues regarding intense emotions such as love and marriage. They do not fully appreciate these concepts and either disregard them or confuse them with emotions that lack depth. Wilde depicts his Victorian society as superficial and incapable of love that is not shallow. In his comedy‚ both women‚ Gwendolyn and Cecily‚ believe to be head over

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    1500 Word Essay On The Importance Of Being On Time One of the first things I learned upon entering the proud United States Army was to be at the right place‚ at the right time‚ in the right uniform‚ with the right attitude. No Soldier can go wrong as long as they stick to those guidelines. That said‚ there are Soldiers that do happen to slip up and find that they are not at the right place at the right time. Those people are most commonly known as ‘’no shows”. What do I mean by “no shows”? “No

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    The Importance of Being Earnest Act 1 The play begins with Jack (Ernest) entering the room unexpectedly where Algernon is. He comes there to propose Lady Bracknell’s daughter‚ Gwendolyn. Algernon is surprised by a cigarette box‚ which his friend Ernest left in a past visit. Inside the box it said “from little Cecily to dear Uncle Jack”‚ therefore Ernest ends up admitting that his real name is Jack and not Ernest. Jack also tells that he pretends to have a brother called Ernest to justify his visits

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    (Frederick Douglass) In the Narrative of Frederick Douglass there is nothing more true than the statement of “ an educated slave is a dangerous slave”. Throughout this book we find that the main goal of slave masters is to keep their slaves in a state of “mental darkness” to prevent them from them realizing that they are more than slaves; that they are actual humans. We first see this when Frederick is on the Auld family plantation and Mrs. Auld is teaching Frederick how to read‚ because she

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    In this section of “Importance of Being Cute” by Hal Herzog illustrates how people think about other species on their mental capacity‚ feelings towards‚ and common kinship between animals and people. [Main concept of the article]. While Herzog recounts one of his kayaking experience of a man and his wife rafting down the river rapids of North Carolina with their cold and scared dog. [79]. Although the group in front him ended up in the river‚ the dog managed to climb onto the man while the animal

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    Oscar Wilde wrote a play called “The Importance of Being Earnest” and it was first performed in 1895. The play is about the characters that have different identities and do not always tell the truth. Since‚ the play has been released there have been many film remakes of Oscar Wilde’s play. The one that I decided to compare it to was the 2002 version that was directed by Oliver Parker. Parker keeps the meaning‚ tone‚ structure‚ text‚ and theme the same compared to the play. Parker expands‚ energizes

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