“I hope you have not been leading a double life‚ pretending to be wicked and being good all the time. That would be hypocrisy.” (IOBE P.24). Most people would not create another life in order to obtain happiness as their own should give them enough pleasure. In Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest‚ not one‚ but two characters end up leading a double life with the same name. Jack Worthing is an upper-class man who lives in the country being Cecily Cardew’s guardian. When not in the country
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written by Oscar Wilde is set in England in the late Victorian era. Wilde uses obvious situational and dramatic irony within the play to satirize his time period. According to Roger Sale in “Being Ernest” the title has a double meaning to it and is certainly another example of satire used by Wilde. With a comedic approach‚ Wilde ridicules the absurdities of the character’s courtship rituals‚ their false faces‚ and their secrets (478). In the Victorian era‚ courtship rituals were slightly different from
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According to Oscar Wilde and the titles of his works‚ being earnest is far more important than being a woman. Like Wilde and the suggested assumption that can be made by his titles‚ both works struggle to realize what is truly important in life. The Importance of Being Earnest and A Woman of No Importance have common themes of moral versus superficial values‚ societal expectations‚ and relationship complications‚ which can be seen in multiple instances throughout the works. The Importance of Being
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Oscar Wilde was a prominent playwright of the Victorian era‚ and a personality to say the least. His biting humour and keen wit produced many popular plays and quotes of the time‚ and are still well known today. A satire is a play engaging the use of humor‚ irony‚ exaggeration‚ or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices. ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ is one of his better-known satires‚ effectively ridiculing many of the Victorian values that were of the greatest importance
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witches;trials were conducted to prove their heresy. The notion of insanity was replaced with the ideal that the mentally ill were wicked Satanist whom God shunned and aflicted with divine punishments.These ideals transcended generationsas wpmen in the Victorian Age were considered weak‚fragile‚and passive.Depressed women were often isolated and placed into obscurity.If women over stepped these bounds‚they could easily be determined as hysteric and out of mind.In addition‚the psychological issues of people
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Thursday‚ March 3‚ 2011 Essay on Victorian Era Essay on Victorian Era The Victorian period was filled with many different types of thoughts and ideas. The literature of the period rose ideas never heard before. Also‚ the reform and industrial revolution changed the way that people thought. Several scientific discoveries also made Victorians question their own beliefs. The intriguing Victorian period had a different taste of literature and also went through a reform of classes and several technological
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Line 447-592 The Importance of Being Earnest was a satirical comedy written by Oscar Wilde with the express intention of highlighting the absurdity and‚ by modern standards‚ moral hypocrisy of the English upper classes in the late Victorian era. One of the ways in which this is done is through the characters perceived pragmatic approach to romance. In this essay I shall particularly focus on Lady Bracknell for I feel she is the most exaggerated manifestation of upper class values‚ and therefore provides
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The Loss of Victorian Morality The Victorian era marks the period of Queen Victoria’s reign over England from 1837‚ until her death in January 1901. It was an age of new prosperity brought about by thriving industrialization‚ new scientific discoveries and technology‚ which encouraged the rise of an educated middle class. This new age also brought about a shift from agriculture to manufacturing‚ causing mass immigration into cities. City life provided Victorians with freedom and anonymity from
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society. After the reign of Queen Victoria‚ the Victorian era was over and the more modern Elizabethan era emerged. This caused societal change where whilst the Victorians remained in their rigid societal ways‚ the Elizabethans had a more open way of life. Characters like the Emersons would be seen as more Elizabethan and characters like Miss Bartlett and Mr. Eager are extremely Victorian in their ways. Lucy‚ using her desires‚ transitions from Victorian to Elizabethan.
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While reading the Victorian novel Jane Eyre‚ one can take away various life lessons dependent upon which lens of criticism they choose to approach the novel with. Chris Lewis’ article “Separate Spheres and Women’s Status in 19th Century England” accurately outlines the treatment and conformity that women faced during this time period. In Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre‚ the feminist ideals of the Victorian Era are undoubtedly criticized. Through the lens of feminism‚ it is noted that the 19th century
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