BEING DIFFERENT‚ BEING UNPOPULAR In the world there are a lot of people‚ but nobody is the same. Every person looks different‚ maybe he has a black skin‚ green hair‚ is blind or deaf‚ but all humans have positive and negative characteristics. In small social groups‚ such as a normal class in school‚ differences are very clearly visible. Some children have better possibilities to study and have a lot of expensive things. If somebody of majority of schoolmates does not wear costly clothes or does
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Being Rich to Being Famous Everyone wishes they could be rich or famous and many wish to be both. This is the pushing force that drags other people to strive and work harder but they never spend their time to put their thoughts‚ into the meaning and significance of these building blocks of life. The biggest difference between rich and famous is that being rich means you have money and being famous means that you are widely known. You can be famous without being rich or being in the news and vice
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that 2 stories or books‚ if their plot is not alike‚ cannot be similar. There are many points of evidence‚ that both‚ The Importance of being Earnest‚ and Death of a Salesman display signs of sharing similar ideas of what is wrong with the society today. Both books display examples and contradictions between what society should be like‚ and what it is. The importance of being Earnest discusses issues such as the superficiality society‚ and how quickly they judge‚ the irresponsibility of people who
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the period (late-Victorian). Wilde was being satirical and paradoxical in his play to show the hypocrisy and entertain the viewers in a play that is still being repeated till today. It is a witty and amusing comedy which conveys real life everyday themes such as real love as opposed to selfish love‚ religion‚ marriage‚ being truthful and country life as opposed to city life. Richard Foster‚ author of “Wilde as Parodist: A Second Look at The Importance of Being Earnest”‚ published in October 1956‚ writes
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In researching the ideas and themes behind Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest‚ I stumbled upon numerous questions and underlying themes which I plan to dissect thoroughly in the following body of this paper treating each question individually and in an abstract manner. The questions I encountered ranged from the incestual tendencies of Lady Bracknell in relation to the gothic genre to Wilde’s use of food as a weapon and a means of demonstrating one’s power. Before diving into the
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finger foods and zealous matches of badminton‚ however‚ in the midst of it all lied a strict code of manners that anyone who was anyone was expected to follow. Victorian Era mannerisms were beyond extraordinary and Oscar Wilde‚ the author of The Importance of Being Earnest‚ realised this and despised them. Throughout the story‚ Oscar likes to “poke fun” at the outrageous customs of the Victorian Era. To accomplish this feat‚ Oscar uses satire to ridicule the appalling customs and opinions of the Victorian
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Being Single or Being Married There are many differences between life as a single person and life as a part of a married couple. some of these differences are obvious‚ while others are more subtle. The key to make the dicision is the answer of the following question: Do you prefer life of going home to an empty house and a cold bed alone‚ but which seems easier; or do you prefer life of coming home with considerate family and warm atmosphere‚ but which seems more complicated? Sometimes‚ the soceity
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Windermere’s Fan‚ and The Importance of Being Earnest seem quite disparate. The first is horror‚ while the latter two are comedies; the first is a novel‚ while the latter two are plays; the list of the differences between the works could continue. The striking thing about these works however‚ is their unified theme. Wilde uses the symbolism in each work—images of self in The Picture of Dorian Gray‚ the fan in Lady Windermere’s Fan‚ and the use of names in The Importance of Being Earnest—to criticize Victorian
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marriage‚ Cecily and Gwendolyn‚ from The Importance of Being Earnest‚ are caught up in the fantasies of the perfect marriage to the perfect earnest husband. Cecily and Gwendolyn are fixated on the name Earnest‚ almost as if it were an obsession; it is the ideal name for their future husbands. They are determined not to marry a man unless he is called Earnest because they believe a man with this name will automatically live up to the name’s expectations of being serious‚ honourable‚ and moral. In Wilde’s
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Being a teen to being a toddler When we mention teen the person who comes to our mind is “Justin Bieber” but when we mention toddler we recall back our memory of being in toddler. There are three differences of being a teen to being a toddler such as teen tends to face busy and hectic life‚ phase of learning and gaining experience and independent from parents. Firstly‚ being a teen is most hectic and enjoyable phase of one’s life but when being a teen is most peaceful
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