Clearly “The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde is a superb piece of satire. In the act‚ Wilde manages to humorize the daily lives of those in the victorian era‚ as well as the format in which they made vital decisions and how they were decided. Wilde most likely decided to focus on this topic to make people realize how ridiculous the system was‚ and why they should change it to realistic beliefs. Such as those of following love and how money and titles do not really make people any different
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scholarship actually is. All of you today that are being inducted into the National Honor Society should consider yourself scholars. A scholar‚ by definition‚ is a distinguished academic or one who has an aptitude for study. There is an important difference between being a scholar and simply being a student – scholars care quite a bit more. As a member of the National Honor Society myself‚ I realize how difficult reaching the level of “scholar” can be. Being able to reach the point where I was even considered
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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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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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Importance of Being Earnest Act 1 Characters immediately establish the tone and social context of the play. References to “Lady Bracknell”‚ “Mr Moncrieff’s manservant” and the “governess” indicate that play involves wealthy upper class. The characters are of course constructs – Wilde uses them merely as mouth pieces to express/parody value judgements about morality and Victorian ideals of duty and virtue. Premise of the play is creation of a paradox – explores inability/impossibility of being
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military‚ but in order to be such a soldier I need to be more responsible for my actions. I feel that‚ being a new soldier in this unit‚ I have some wonderful examples from my superiors and soldiers who have been here longer and I should follow their example more closely. The inability to be where I am supposed to be when I am supposed to be there is a fault that has neither the place nor time for existence within our ranks in the army. However‚ in order for me to effectively and efficiently continue
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The literary function of a text within a text(intertextuality) in Ruth Ozeki’s ‘A Tale for the Time Being’ Ruth Ozeki is known for incorporating the topic of the jeopardising reality of our generation’s consumption of foul foods through her fictional characters in a form of a tale in her first novel My Year of Meats and her second novel All Over Creation‚ where she is critiqued as ‘isolating what must be one of the most strangest literary niches ever’1. She is also known for cohering two shores-
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I think people join the navy to get out of their see the world. Most do it to leave their home town. Some join for the training and experience from on the job training. The different options the navy offers such as a short break from the high school routine or a full career is something that appeals to most people. With nearly 400‚000 active duty sailors‚ the largest in the world‚ the navy offers men and women the chance to serve for their country and make a difference. I joined for the same reason
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the Armed forces I am interested in being in is the Navy. As a Naval Officer I would do many things. The job in the Navy I am interested in is being a Navy Chaplain. I would want to do this job because it is something that interests me‚ and I want to help people‚ and our country. Also‚ I found out about this job because my uncle is a chaplain in the Army. As a chaplain in the Navy‚ you would have to be an officer‚
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which demonstrates why some people are not informed or interested in discussing political matters. Elisabeth Gidengil‚ writer of Citizens‚ explicitly repeats in her novel that Age‚ Material circumstances‚ education and gender gaps are factors of being politically engaged (Gidengil 173). Without a doubt‚ not everyone has those same components to become an active citizen and it’s unfortunate that some choose not to get politically involved. Consequently‚ the absence of political knowledge has a big
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