Hypocrisy of Being Earnest The Victorian era was a time of smugness and pomposity for the newly rich generation who quickly rose in class during and after the industrial revolution. Nothing was as it seemed in this day when earnestness was allegedly the most prized attribute a man could possess. In Oscar Wilde’s classical satire‚ “The Importance of Being Earnest‚” every character embodies the ideas and values of this “earnest” age. Oscar Wilde’s primary character in “The Importance of Being Earnest
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advantages being a puritan like making good decisions just by following the bible‚ placing God above all‚ and how the community worked in unity. The reason why puritanism was considered a good thing was due to Puritans living closely by the bible and making better decisions in life. Puritans lived by the ten commandments and by what the bible says. An example of puritans living by the bible is not to steal‚ commit adultery‚ murder‚ and many more.Others may say that it’s a disadvantage of being a puritan
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person who likes to sing or act is to be famous.To have a profesional career.To be in Holliwood‚to sing or act ot the big scene‚have films and so on.But no one realizes what he/she will loose if he is famous.Being watched all the time‚being followed by papparazzi‚being captured while you have breacfast or dinner.Is it worth it?The effects on ones intimate life because of his carreer as a famous singer or actor can be disastrous. The intimate life of one person is the most important for him/her
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Simona Rogowski The Pros and Cons of being Stationed Overseas If you ask any junior Marine ( Marines beneath the Rank of Corporal are considered “junior”)‚ after they have been stationed on Okinawa‚ Japan for at least 3 months‚ whether it was a good decision to request to be sent here or not‚ chances are they would laugh in your face and tell you “Hell no!”. Being stationed here in Okinawa has some advantages‚ but many would argue that the disadvantages of being stationed here outweigh the advantages
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BEING A FOREIGN STUDENT By: Oscar Torres Contreras A01152343 Usually becoming a foreign student in order to study in another a different city can change your life in many aspects. Living in another city far away from home can bring arise many consequences and experiences‚ which almost always changes a student’s way of life. When you become a foreign student‚ many things change or have to change. For example‚ you do not live with your family anymore any longer‚ so usually then‚ you have to learn
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Discuss the use of duplicity and subterfuge for comic affect in The importance of being earnest. The importance of being Ernest written in 1899 by Oscar wild is a comedy of manners which was first shown to the Victorian society. Being a comedy of manners‚ the play includes many features of a Victorian melodrama including confusion‚ mistaken identity and a final happy ending. However subterfuge and duplicity is inherent in all characters and is the main source of comic value within the plot. We see
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the writing styles of many playwrights. His use of humor in his plays especially‚ The Importance of Being Earnest has been widely recognized all around the world. In the play by Oscar Wilde‚ The Importance of Being Earnest‚ irony is used to create humor as well as highlight the satire used by Wilde. This play can be classified in
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Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ A Trivial Comedy For Serious People is a play about two friends Jack Worthing and Algernon (Algy) Moncrieff. In order to get away from their lives the two men invent fictitious characters to explain their absence (Jack invents Earnest while Algy invents Bunbury) from the country in Jack’s case and town in Algy’s. To complicate matters the two men then fall in love Jack with Gwendolen‚ Algy’s cousin and Algy with Jacks ward Cecily. Both women believe
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positive relationship to the society which they operate in. It is tough to unequivocally claim whether it is a proper believe and everyone should obey to this rule or it is just unnecessary and maybe even harmful for some reasons. To begin with‚ being socially responsible for sure has lots of advantages and might be considered as a very moral action. Firstly‚ companies are utilizing the society and they should give them something in return. Business causes many social problems and it is its responsibility
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closer to the figure of the dandy than any other character in the play. A charming‚ idle‚ decorative bachelor‚ Algernon is brilliant‚ witty‚ selfish‚ amoral‚ and given to making delightful paradoxical and epigrammatic pronouncements that either make no sense at all or touch on something profound. Like Jack‚ Algernon has invented a fictional character‚ a chronic invalid named Bunbury‚ to give him a reprieve from his real life. Algernon is constantly being summoned to Bunbury’s deathbed‚ which conveniently
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