Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest provides a satirical view of the Victorian era‚ primarily focusing on Victorian standards of marriage and social expectations. Wilde builds his critique of Victorian morality through his humor and wit between the character’s banter‚ the hypocritical Victorian view of honesty. Wilde view of Victorian society is illustrated through his wit and humor embedded in the characters’ dialogues. For example‚ Jack and Algernon live double lives as lowlifes
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Higgins‚ a professor of phonetics‚ ultimately enters into a bet in which he is assigned the task of teaching a poor‚ uneducated yet determined girl from the streets proper grammar‚ with the hope of transforming her into a duchess in a few months time. It’s clear from the beginning that Higgins‚ a man full of contradictions and no filter‚ is the protagonist. At first‚ Higgins is clearly opposed to the idea of teaching Eliza; this is evident through his blatant insults and sarcastic taunts. He makes
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The Importance of Being Ernest is Oscar Wilde’s last and most well-known play. Since it was first performed on 14 February 1895 in London‚ the play had been a huge success in Wilde’s career and it remains in the audience’s view. Wilde uses an easy and frivolous way to reflect the realities of the Victorian society through the play. This is why he calls the play A Trivial Comedy for Serious People. One of the main themes of The Importance of Being Ernest is marriage. As the play was written in Victorian
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and individualism. Similarly‚ Victorian England (which lasted through the majority of the nineteenth century) upheld very specific ideals that shaped the culture of that time period. These specific social‚ cultural‚ and intellectual ideals of Victorian England can be explored in the famous play by Oscar Wilde‚ “The Importance of Being Earnest.” This play is set in the late 1890’s‚ and features two young couples who struggle to overcome the misgivings‚
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Clever puns and witty dialectic. That is what you will encounter while reading Oscar Wilde’s play “The Importance of Being Earnest”. But what makes this play so great is not just the characters but the title itself. The title depicts the whole story and foreshadows the main characters’ journey of self-discovery. With a metaphor and some irony Wilde makes the best pun of all‚ the title itself. In the play‚ Ernest deceives Gwendolen‚ who is the love of his life‚ into thinking that he has a brother
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The hypocrisy of Bracknells Lady Bracknell is a well-known and classic character from The Importance of Being Earnest‚ one the most prestigious plays of Oscar Wilde. In the play‚ she symbolises the British aristocracy during the Victorian Era‚ who is ridiculed and satirized by Wilde. However‚ another portrait of Lady Bracknell was created by Oliver Parker‚ a famous director who directed the remakes of the original play by Wilde‚ and played by Dame Judi Dench. The two versions of Lady Bracknell are
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Importance of accountability and appointed place of duty Army Regulation 600-20‚ Chapter 4 Military Discipline and Conduct‚ states; Military discipline is founded upon self-discipline‚ respect for properly constituted authority‚ and the embracing of the professional Army ethic with its supporting individual values. Military discipline will be developed by individual and group training to create a mental attitude resulting in proper conduct and prompt obedience to lawful military authority. Why
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as the bonus and promotion for the year does not reflect the work done by them. In order to ensure that they finished the daily work‚ they are required to do overtime while Winnie and her team are able to go back home on time. The motivation of the team sloping downward as time goes by and the teamwork between Allyssa’s team have also deteriorated. Nancy‚ my staff who got a double promotion for
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“All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does‚ and that is his” is a line from the brilliant play called The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. The Importance of Being Earnest‚ starring Colin Firth‚ is a charming tale of the importance of family and reality also directed by Oliver Parker. Though there was a play and a movie‚ they both have their own differences. They were also both made from two different perspectives of this magnificent play‚ the original writer
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