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    Accountability The U.S. army values soldiers that are accountable for their actions. Being accountable means being dependable-arriving to work and appointments on time‚ meeting deadlines‚ being in the right place at the right time‚ doing the right thing at the right time. Morning formation is the most important formation of the day. It is made to get accountability of everyone and put out any information that there needs to be dealt with. Without having accountability there is not knowing

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    Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest The Novel The Importance of Being Earnest was more enjoyable to me than the film. The reason for this was‚ while my imagination pictured the story and the visuals of the people and the settings quite similar to the on-screen portrayal‚ my mind’s images were more enjoyable. The differences portrayed on film were distinctive in the characters‚ scenery‚ and mostly the soundtrack I had not envisioned while reading the play. While they absolutely worked

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    significantly boost the Nazi Party’s votes‚ it was also mainly to do with Hitler and Goebbels’ well planned campaigns that outwitted their opponents. National bodies for example churches‚ the armed forces and the legal system spent most of their time being concerned with themselves instead of the country at large and Hitler’s opposition was becoming increasingly weak‚ divided and did not take the Nazi threat seriously until it was too late. Also‚ a significant number of Germans voted for the Nazis thinking

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    Gwendolen and Cecily in Victorian age and today The Victorian age is considered to be one of the most prudent ages throughout of history. It is mainly based on your appearance. This means that the most important thing back then was to present as much as perfect as you can. It is crucial for them to be very appreciated by other people. This age can be described as very hypocrite because no one is perfect so lying and pretending in order to present as a “saint” is absurd but in that age it meant

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    The Importance of Being Earnest is a play that trivializes many things: the Victorian society‚ the nature of marriage and especially the concept of human identity. While identity is typically considered to be something concrete‚ the characters within the play are constantly in flux. This is especially evident in Jack‚ whose forms his identities as he goes through life. He transforms from a nameless baby in a handbag‚ to Jack the thriving member of the countryside bourgeois‚ then further on to become

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    Introduction The Importance of Being Earnest was Oscar’s fourth comedy‚ and it was to be his last and most outstanding play. ‘The Trivial Comedy for Serious People‘ (in earlier drafts‚ ‘serious comedy for trivial people’) was first produced by George Alexander at the St James’s Theatre on 14th February 1895 in London. The play was reduced from four to three acts (Raby 161-163). The Importance of Being Earnest contradicts banausic values in a utilitarian age (Varty 205). The comedy of manners

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    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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    Importance of Being Earnest Analysis In true definition of farce‚ Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest incorporates unlikely and improbable situations‚ extravagant characters‚ and the occasional mistaken identity. Wilde’s farce relies on creating absurd situations that characters approach in means they find entirely logical in his parody of high society. His protagonist‚ Algernon is the only character aware of the absurdities of Victorian high society‚ and responds by taking absolutely nothing

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    they had their first international hockey match: Wales v. Ireland; also‚ they had the lowest ever temperature of −27.2 F‚ and the premier of Oscar Wilde’s latest play‚ The Importance of Being Earnest‚ at the St. James’ Theatre‚ in London. During this time‚ social class was very important. Oscar Wilde’s explores the importance of how social class affects the lives of the characters in his play during the Victorian era. During the Victorian era‚ appearance‚ style‚ reputation‚ respect‚ and wealth were

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    how Wilde and Stoppard portray the women in ‘Arcadia’ and ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’‚ in light of the opinion that the sexes compliment each other in ‘Arcadia’ whereas‚ the women dominate the men in ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’. The female characters in both ‘Arcadia’ and ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ have significant roles and have a certain amount of control in their relationships. However‚ in ‘the importance of being earnest’ the women dominate the men and exert their power without

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