seriously-leading a double life as a “Mr. Bunbury.”As he recognizes his brother practicing the same mischief‚ Algernon shares his “enlightened” philosophies about Bunburying with Jack through outstanding hypocrisy‚ paradox and epigrams‚ to create what Wilde deems “trivial comedy for serious people.” The single trait each character shares is complete ignorance to hypocrisy. Algernon is absolutely dripping in hypocrisy‚ yet maintains the reputation of a dandy. As Jack defends the righteousness of his
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Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays (2000) explores in depth the idea of satire on the hypocrisy of ‘polite’ British society. Wilde uses dramatic language to amplify the satirical nature of the play; by using irony and satire he is able to mock the polite Victorian etiquette. The play is set in middle class Victorian London‚ and was written in 1895. Wilde was renowned for being a dandy and somewhat of an extravert‚ and so the fact he wrote ‘a trivial comedy for serious people’ (2000‚ p.291)
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The Importance of Being Earnest is a satire based on Victorian society in the late 1800’s. Everything about this play is a satire; from marriage to social class‚ and even the play’s name. Wilde criticizes these aspects of Victorian society with the use of witty puns and unusual‚ awkward situations. Wilde brings to light the fact that late Victorian society cared more about a person’s name and wealth than their personality. This debases the sanctity of marriage by putting emphasis on social
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The Double Standards in An Ideal Husband Double standards are clearly represented in the novel by Oscar Wilde‚ An Ideal Husband‚ that talks about the position of women in the society. In this play‚ women are attributed to several things‚ for instance‚ an idea that women stand for the irrational‚ women have a wonderful natural feeling concerning a number of things. They are able to discover everything except the most obvious things in society. In addition to these‚ the play as well
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Oscar Wilde reflects his thoughts of society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the play The Importance of Being Earnest‚ his discretions bringing great attention to the strange simplicity of life for those living during the time period. In The Importance of Being Earnest‚ Wilde offers several ideas about life during the late 19th century‚ suggesting that society’s moral codes clashed with women’s freedom of personal choice. The pompous Lady Bracknell can be seen in either a positive
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should be revised‚ by Gwen Wilde‚ is a very well written essay that the reader would most likely deem convincing. Gwen Wilde states that the Pledge in its latest from simply requires all Americans to say the phrase “one nation‚ under God‚” when many Americans do not believe in God. She uses many different writing strategies to get her point across in a very precise and appropriate manner. Although there are some minor problems‚ this analysis will explain how Gwen Wilde uses certain writing strategies
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GHOST * About the Author Oscar Wilde was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s‚ he became one of London’s most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams and plays‚ and the circumstances of his imprisonment which was followed by his early death. Wilde’s parents were successful Anglo-Irish Dublin intellectuals. Their son became fluent in French and German early in life. At university Wilde read Greats; he proved himself
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context in which they were writing in and texts can often challenge these ideologies‚ or uphold them‚ or even do both. Oscar Wilde’s‚ The Importance of Being Earnest‚ is a dramatic comedy of manners that takes place in polite wealthy Victorian society. Wilde successfully funnels the snobbery and superficiality of London’s elite during the 1890’s and has both challenged and upholds certain ideologies placed on marriage‚ class and social etiquette. The Importance of Being Earnest draws emphasis on how
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free to use the Internet: An introduction to Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde was born the 16th October 1845 in Dublin‚ Ireland. He was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s‚ he became one of London’s most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Wilde died of meningitis on 30 November 1900 at the age of 46. An introduction to the story and its plot "The Canterville Ghost" is a popular short story by Oscar Wilde. It was the first of Wilde’s stories to be published
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The Importance of Being Socially Acceptable. Often times we find ourselves living a double life at the very least and sometimes we even share multiple variations of ourselves with the world. In Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of being Earnest there is a strong central theme of living a dual life and then doing what is socially acceptable even when mocking the idea as the ridiculous concept that it is. From the beginning of the play Algernon Moncrieff is showcased as an irresponsible dandy who is not
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