Wilde portrays each of the characters in a way that reflects his views of the English aristocracy. Algernon Moncrieff is used by Wilde to portray an upperclass character that can be easily identified by readers. Throughout the play‚ Wilde gives Algy witty lines and epigrams that displays his humour and disrespect towards the society. “Of course the music is a great difficulty. You see‚ if one plays good music‚ people don’t listen‚ and if one plays bad music‚ people don’t talk.” here is Algy’s wit
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Oh My Aching Feet In John King Fairbank’s short story‚ “Footbinding‚” Chinese parents choose to bind their daughters’ feet so they could have a better chance for a good marriage arrangement and success in life. A Chinese custom in practice for decades‚ “Footbinding spread as a mark of gentility and upper-class status” and as a way “[…] to preserve female chastity” (Fairbank 403). At a very young age‚ parents tightly wrap their daughters’ feet with cloth to prevent growth and change the shape in
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Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz‚ Oscar attempts to live his life in accordance to what is expected of him‚ but cannot seem to please his demanding Dominican family; much less live up to Yunior’s high standards. The pressure Oscar feels from Yunior makes Oscar live his life with the sole purpose of wanting to become a true Dominican man. When Oscar dies‚ Yunior confuses his guilt for Oscar’s death with the guilt he feels for betraying
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society where nothing serious is considered serious and nothing trivial trivial” (Reinert 17). In the interactions between people who subscribe to Victorianism‚ such as Gwendolen and Cecily‚ the trivial matter of addressing each other while having a conversation is turned into a manner of enormous social importance. In contrast‚ in the interactions between people who subscribe to Bunburyism‚ or the total rejection of Victorianism‚ matters as serious as pretending to have a dead brother Ernest or
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1965‚ in an 8 room New York apartment on Riverside Drive lived a recently divorced man named Oscar Madison. Oscar held a poker game once a week in his apartment for his friends Felix Ungar‚ Murray‚ Speed‚ Roy‚ and Vinnie. The guys were starting to get a little worried when Felix‚ who never missed a night of poker in two years never showed for a game. While they were all discussing where he might be‚ Felix’s wife calls looking for him. See Felix left‚ after his wife told him she was filing for divorce
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Life of Archbishop Oscar Romeo Important years in the life of Archbishop Oscar Romeo: * 1917‚ August 15 Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez was born in Ciudad barrios‚ El Salvador. His father apprenticed him to a carpenter when he was 13‚ but the young Romero felt a vocation for the Catholic priesthood and left home the following year to enter the seminary. * 1930 He declared he had a vocation to the priesthood. * 1942 He was ordained priest‚ and returned to El Salvador in 1944. He was
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Oh Laura! What symbolizes fragility better than someone who is crippled‚ and extremely shy? In his drama‚ The Glass Menagerie‚ Tennessee Williams uses Laura’s character flaws‚ such as her disability and shyness to communicate the drama’s theme that fragility hides you from the world. Laura’s physical defect causes her to hides from the life outside her tenement. A comment from Jim‚ about the unicorn figurine‚ describes Laura’s life exactly. “Poor little fellow‚ he must feel sort of lonesome
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Ask Oscar Rodriguez about the dot-com burst and he may grin at you as if to say‚ “What burst?” Rodriguez‚ a 38- years-old entrepreneur‚ owns an Internet business that sells loose diamond to various buyers. Business is booming for Rodriguez‚ In 2004‚ he has sales of $2.06 million-a 140 percent increase from 2003. Rodriguez’s database of almost 60000 diamonds is one of the largest and is valued‚ according to Rodriguez‚ at over $350 million. Needless to say‚ Oscar Rodriguez is optimistic about
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Xavier Johnson Period 4 2-25-13 Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God Jonathan Edwards was a talented and inspiring man. Throughout his life‚ he worked as an educator‚ a philosopher‚ a scholar‚ a theologian‚ a journalist‚ and even as a musician. There can be no denying his hard work and his contributions to each and every one of those fields; yet the one thing that makes him stand out from all the others was his input and leadership during the First Great Awakening of 1740-1742. Around
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blueberries‚ houses‚ hills‚ and all kind things like that. and the kid was so amazed and then there were parts that scared him and so he was scared and then there were times that joyed him and he was so joyous and then there was times when he was brave. oh ya and there was this part when there was a pair of pajamas‚ swear to god‚ was running around but there was nuthing in it! it was just running. and then the kid was scarred of it but he also saw that the pajamas was scared too and then it was wierd
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