Algernon Moncrief in Oscar Wilde’s "The Importance of Being Earnest" is quite simply a child at play. Algy‚ as he’s known to his friends‚ is a young bachelor not yet in his thirties living the aristocratic life of a Victorian gentleman. He has an underdeveloped sense of morality and of the world beyond him. Algy has an excellent skill for wit and as an "Oxonian"‚ his education is also rather noticeable. You might also surmise him to be unhappy if he were eating muffins as if there was no tomorrow
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1.1 Define the term ‘duty of care’: 1.1 “Duty of Care” means providing care and support for individuals within the law and also within the policies‚ procedures and agreed ways of working of your employer. It is about avoiding abuse and injury to individuals‚ their friends and family and their property. 1.2 Describe how the duty of care affects own work role: 1.2 In your role you have a duty of care to raise any concerns you may have about any aspect of your work. These can range from inadequate
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The Importance of Being Earnest Play/Film Comparative Essay Oliver Parker’s (2002) film adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s play ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ is sadly completely consumed by the romantic comedy style‚ masking Wilde’s key concerns and detracting from important comic elements of the play. This can be observed through the varying representations of characters‚ the film’s lack of contextual jokes‚ the more prominent sub-plot between Dr Chasuble and Miss Prism‚ the addition of music and
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pamphlet The Neglected Duty‚ he indirectly justifies his part in the murder of Egyptian president Anwar Sadat. The duty that Faraj is referring to as neglected is that of the jihad‚ which‚ according to him‚ is the fight for God’s cause. He says that the establishment of an Islamic state is mandatory for the Muslims and is made clear in the Koran. Furthermore‚ he claims that if the state cannot be established without war‚ then war is mandatory also. He then explains the importance of the "allegiance
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Being personally aware and responsible means knowing the skills and strategies to: stay healthy and active‚ regulate emotions‚ manage stress and persevere in difficult situations. There are many ways that I show Personal Awareness and Responsibility. I will write about: the activities that support my well-being‚ how I manage my emotions and how I keep a healthy and balanced lifestyle. I have two main activities that support my well-being: basketball‚ and a water drinking app. First‚ my family goes
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Being Judged By Your Appearance During the Romantic Era‚ while on a summer getaway to Switzerland with her husband and friends‚ a British novelist by the name of Mary Shelley wrote the timeless classic Frankenstein. This era has produced many wonderful literary works not to mention the huge advancement in music and art as well. I believe that Shelley’s Frankenstein expressed what it was like during the Romantic Era more than any other literary work of its time because it shows many different circumstances
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What role does duty play in ethics? Based on this‚ do you resonate more with the utilitarian‚ virtue ethics‚ Kantian‚ natural rights‚ or egoist theories? Provide an example if you choose to answer this question. While‚ I tend to agree more with the Kantian principle of categorical imperatives which tend to say that morals should come not out of desires or wants but out of duty as desires and wants are hypothetical Imperatives. Duty should be the deciding factor for what is ethical or not. I tend
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General Grove‚ distinguished guests‚ and gentlemen of the Corps! As I was leaving the hotel this morning‚ a doorman asked me‚ "Where are you bound for‚ General?" And when I replied‚ "West Point‚" he remarked‚ "Beautiful place. Have you ever been there before?" No human being could fail to be deeply moved by such a tribute as this [Thayer Award]. Coming from a profession I have served so long‚ and a people I have loved so well‚ it fills me with an emotion I cannot express. But this award is not
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Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest is a comedy that used the figure of the upper class dandy to critique the narrow-mindedness of the middle class in the 1890s. What makes this play so funny is that the upper class is illustrated as silly when they try to mock the earnest middle class. Proud characters who were bred in high society‚ such as Lady Bracknell and her daughter Gwendolen‚ may think that they are making particularly nasty snubs‚ but they do not seem to realize that Wilde cleverly
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break my bones‚ but words can never hurt me”‚ the famous rhyme I would recite when someone was indeed hurting my feelings. The insecurities I had as a child from being overweight or having larger ears that stuck further than most of my peers‚ were in fact the very reason I was being bullied. In the article “How Being Bullied Affects Your Adulthood” by Kate Baggaley she describes how one family therapist by the name of Ellen Walser DeLara interviewed over eight hundred people ranging in age from eighteen
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