"The Importance of Being Earnest" has been playing to packed audiences for over a hundred years. Why do you think it has remained so popular? "The Importance of Being Earnest" was first performed in 1895. The year marked the beginning of Oscar Wilde’s "disgrace". Lord Alfred Douglas’s father‚ the Marquis of Queensbury‚ began his campaign against Wilde. He was to die in 1900. One of the main reasons that the play has been so popular for over 100 years is because of the plot. This situation comedy
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Renaissance marks all the writers of the later half of the age of Elizabeth---- in poetry‚ drama and prose romances and novels‚ that influence can be seen working with particular force on Marlowe and his fellows who together are called the “University Wits”. Of them again‚ the writings of Marlowe are the most prominent embodiment of the spirit of the renaissance. Generally speaking‚ Marlowe himself is the spirit of the renaissance incarnate. In the conception of the central characters of his dramas‚
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" ...for how we live is so far removed from how we ought to live‚ that he who abandons what is done for what ought to be done‚ will rather learn to bring about his own ruin than his preservation".(Machiavelli 12) This is a quote from Machiavelli ’s "The Prince". This is only one belief of Machiavelli‚ which‚ many great leaders have been known to use. Have you ever thought about a leader that possessed these qualities that was from a play? Shakespeare ’s character Macbeth represents the Machiavellian
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their ignorant and unattentive Brethren. Since I have raised to myself so great an Audience‚ I shall spare no Pains to make their Instruction agreeable‚ and their Diversion useful. For which Reasons I shall endeavour to enliven Morality with Wit‚ and to temper Wit with Morality‚ that my Readers may‚ if possible‚ both Ways find their account in the Speculation of the Day. And to the End that their Virtue and Discretion may not be short transient intermitting Starts of Thought‚ I have resolved to refresh
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The two clips I showed are ones that I find particularly hilarious. Not for any particular reason other than the fact that I just do. That’s the beauty of humor; it’s not a science‚ it’s an art. There is no magical equation to making an audience or even a person laugh at every presented joke because each person has their own sense of humor. Today‚ we’ll be exploring the definition‚ synonyms and antonyms‚ how different types of humor are linked to our society and central aspects that make humor so
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Hellena and WiIllmore are very similar. But she exposes his double standards‚ as Wilmore cries “Thy lodging‚ thy lodging! Or I’m a dead man!” Hellena replies “why must we be either guilty of fornication or murder if we converse with you men” Hellena’s wit makes Willmore seem ridiculous here. She mocks the familiar libertine motif that the man will die if he is not sexually relieved and exposes Wilmore’s discourse of love‚ simply as crude sexual appetite. Later she exposes the double standard within Wilmore’s
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Muslims cry for a glorious and peaceful Kashmiri. The author wants all Kashmiri to change from ugliness to beauty. The cameos have layers of meanings. They abound in ambiguity‚ pun‚ and allusions to historical and political happenings‚ satire‚ irony‚ wit and black humour. The author hasn’t spared even Gandhi‚ Nehru‚ Sheikh Abdullah‚ Farooq Abdullah‚ Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. He is critical of Nehru’s policy on Kashmiri and Gandhi’s ‘ray of hope’ that he saw in Kashmiri in 1947. The author talks
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Mississippi to escape slavery‚ and an abusive drunken father. In the novel Huck and Jim travel down the Mississippi to be free from slavery‚ and an abusive drunken father. They encounter many problems along the journey and Huck and Jim have to use their wits to get out of it. Huck has to tell a lot of lies along the way to get throught the journey but Huck and jim form a very strong bond and huck learns a lot on their “Journey To Freedom” For Jim‚ becoming free
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Ulysses is based on Odysseus in that Ulysses is also a shrewd‚ and often arrogant‚ leader who changes throughout the story. Because Odysseus is a clever person‚ he often formulates plans in order to escape danger and keep his crew from harm. However‚ his wit also causes him to be arrogant. For example‚
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Mercutio encouraging his friend in accepting a duel. Despite his joking side‚ Mercutio still recognises when there is someone in need‚ and rushes to help. In lines sixty-six to sixty-nine‚ he remarks: “if our wits run the wild-goose chase‚ I am done; for thou hast more of the wild goose in one of thy wits than‚ I am sure‚ I have in my whole five.” (Shakespeare) While this comment makes fun of Romeo and references his ditching them the night before‚ it also complements him in a guy way that girls will never
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