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    I am an INTJ i’m a courageous open minded and an very confident person. Being an INTJ is great‚ I am organized and determined when it is important.I enjoy projects and experiments.I like improving my skills in different subjects. I would say I don’t typically get antze‚ I’m usually pretty patient. I’m pretty hardworking when it comes to homework or projects that I am really interested in or just overall anything. I am typically more confident in smaller crowds. I like to be by myself a lot not in

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    would most people‚ would typically characterize myself as bad-tempered in the mornings as I have a tendency to be easily annoyed. In the midst of my day‚ I sometimes stop and reflect on how instead of being irritable‚ I should be thankful that God has given me yet another day to live. I’ve found that being thankful often sets the mood for my day. I have a change in attitude and a different outlook on how I’m going to handle things. I believe that we as humans need to be thankful and appreciate

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    Someone could ask me what me‚ “What does being an American mean to you?” Well up until now I haven’t put much thought to it. I don’t know much about being an American‚ what I do know is we have rights. As Americans we don’t have monarchy. We’re a free country; we have the choice to be able to vote for who we want running‚ not our lives but our country. To be an American is the greatest thing in the world to most

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    Explore the opening of ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ paying particular attention to the range of attitudes towards marriage. In The Importance of Being Earnest‚ various attitudes are explored by the main characters‚ which range in support of marriage to attacking the idea of marriage. The play starts with Algernon playing the piano. He enters the scene‚ and asks lane what he thought of his playing. In response to Lane’s compliment‚ Algernon replies with ‘I don’t play accurately’. This shows

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    ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ draws on components of absurdity and melodrama in order to provide humour and hence conceal the darker meaning of concepts. Wilde’s use of frequent comedic features‚ in addition to witty paradoxes stated by characters allows forms of deception to appear as amusing and superficial while still holding much darker alternate meanings and subtexts which allows him to draw upon and mock the flaws of Victorian society. The idea of deception through leading a double life

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    David Collins 26 October 2014 Ms. Sussman English 3 Deciphering “The Importance of Being Ernest” Through Props In a play‚ some objects can have meanings greater than mere props. In Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”‚ the handbag and cigarette case take on greater meanings pertaining to the plot. Ernest Worthing’s cigarette case is a prop that‚ although seemingly ordinary‚ contributes to the plot. The cigarette case gives deeper insight into Mr. Worthing’s private life. The

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    Satire in The Importance of Being Ernest Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest is truly a satire. In The Importance of Being Ernest‚ Wilde mocks the society in Britain‚ and the rules it followed in the 1800s. He uses satire in the description of every character and other themes like marriage‚ intelligence‚ morality‚ and lifestyle primarily aimed at the upper class of the time. At the turn of every page the use of satire proves again and again to be ideal when questioning the morals and values

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    13. How do Victorian attitudes to marriage and respectability underpin the comic elements of the importance of being Earnest? Plan: Jack and Algernons alter egos‚ Wilde and his social rebellion through his characters. Marriage is loveless‚ wealth and background takes priority over most things‚ Algernon supports this with a quote (once again hes the rebel) Marriage is the end of freedom‚ Cecily wants to break free‚ very curious woman who looks at society differently. takes a liking to

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    Importance of Women Education “It is the height of selfishness for men‚ who fully appreciate in their own case the great advantage of a good education‚ to deny these advantages to women. There is no valid argument by which the exclusion of the female sex from the privilege of education can be defended. It is argued that women have their domestic duties to perform and that‚ if they were educated‚ they would bury themselves in their books and have little time for attending to the management of their

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    contrast 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

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