To what extent is gender the main comic creator in the play of ‘The Importance of being Earnest’? Comedy originated in the 6th century BC in ancient Greece at the Dionysian festival. Comedy was first designed to provoke laughter and to entertain the audience. The ancient Greeks used the word comedy to describe a play with a happy ending much the same as the play the ‘Importance of being Earnest’. The play uses elements of old comedy for example; it is a satire of the Victorian era that is most
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Meursalt‚ with his torn relations with Maman‚ and Gregor‚ with his exclusion from the Samsa family‚ must face their respective and often absurd worlds without the support of family. The broken ties with family add another hindrance to Meursalt and Gregor‚ as they slowly become outcasts of their world. Outline: The Stranger: Maman – shows religion to be absurd‚ therefore Meursalt moves away from it His refusal of religion ostracizes Meursalt from Christian-society Meursalt learned getting “used
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mass arrest of the late 1930s may have been carried out to satisfy Stalin’s desire for slave labor‚” and “more prison laborers were urgently needed.” (Quotes from the extract) (b) What do you understand by “absurd inefficiency” as used in Source D? (2 marks) In Source D‚ “absurd inefficiency” means that the overpopulation of the prison laborers in the camps made them disorganized which in the end made it difficult for the camp commanders to handle them. 2. Compare and contrast
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of the nineteenth century and much of their theory can be traced back to Socrates and pre-socratic philosophy. Existentialism tends toward the thought that the world is absurd‚ irrational‚ and beyond comprehension‚ and that the most important fact of human existence is for the individual to choose how they are to live in this absurd universe. Phenomenology is a school that primarily concerns
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The last major theme across both books is one of political power‚ authority‚ government‚ and the role of nobles in all of this. In scope‚ it is perhaps the largest theme across both books. It has to be noted that at this time‚ France was still an absolute monarchy‚ while England was a constitutional monarchy. From his clashes with nobility‚ it is easy to see that Voltaire has little regard for nobility‚ and decries their self-importance. In Candide‚ he writes‚ “The Baron was the most powerful lords
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such as in R v R (1991) where the House of Lords held the decision of the Court of Appeal. Here a new precedent overturned the assumption that a man cannot rape his wife. This shows that through precedent the law can evolve as society develops and absurd outcomes can be avoided that occur by simply following the statutes. Judicial Precedent can be avoided by distinguishing‚ i.e. the fact of the
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Richard Stith is an adamant advocate of the pro-choice side of the abortion debate. In his “Why Pro-Life Arguments Sound Absurd‚” Stith makes a fool of himself by making a pro-life argument under the claim of pro-choice. He states‚ “Suppose we’re back in the pre-digital days and you’ve just taken a fabulous photo‚ one you know you will prize‚ with your Polaroid camera. (Say
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useful education‚ through the teaching of the classics‚ mainly Greek literature that was written by Greek philosophers‚ mathematicians and other important figures. Some criticised the Renaissance education‚ however‚ because they felt as if it was absurd‚ as it didn’t teach true values of learning‚ and didn’t teach one how to behave‚ but rather how to dictate Latin. Despite these criticisms‚ other humanists believed Renaissance learning brought great profits‚ higher positions‚ and more honors later
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power. Marlow stresses the absurdity of this illusion of power‚ when he previously went further to say‚ “the conquest over earth”‚ using the word “earth” in his definition‚ and the idea of “conquering the earth” displays the absurd and self-centered notion of imperialism‚ absurd‚ because‚ humans actually think they can obtain domain over earth when in reality the forces of nature and earth have domain over any and all existence. For instance‚ Marlow talks about the scene of the Central station‚ and
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The Stranger by Albert Camus was published in 1946. The novel begins with Meursault receiving a telegram informing him of his mother’s death. Over the next two weeks after the funeral‚ Meursault carries on like nothing tragic happened. He gets a girlfriend‚ befriends a pimp‚ and goes on a beach vacation with both. During the vacation‚ he and Raymond‚ the pimp‚ get into a fight with the Arabs and Meursault kills one without an explanation for the crime. At the murder trial‚ the court said he was cold-hearted
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