Essays Tagged: "Gwendolen"
Wilde's Views on Women in The Importance of Being Earnest. This essay is my first draft on the topic of how women are viewed in this play.
ome as dominating figures over the men in their lives. There is no sense of identity for Cecily and Gwendolen, the only woman within the play that clearly stands out is the Governess, Lady Bracknell.W ... g as you look good, that is what is important. This causes the women in the play such as Cecily and Gwendolen to live sheltered and uneducated lives.Simply put Cecily is a country girl, while Gwendole ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. This is a revamped essay and final copy I did for my ENG101. It talks about the portrayal of woem in the play.
ormal, and concerned with money. Wilde portrays the women on two separate levels, Cecily Cardew and Gwendolen Fairfax are young, sheltered, and without identity, while Lady Bracknell is the strong adu ... e Lady Bracknell is the strong adult authority figure. There is no sense of identity for Cecily and Gwendolen; the only woman within the play who clearly stands out is Lady Bracknell.Cecily and Gwendo ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
"The Important of Being Ernest" by Oscar Wilde.
e Jack and Algernon, who started the whole story. Apart from that, other significant characters are Gwendolen and Cecily, who bond to Jack and Algernon, and there are Lady Bracknell and Miss Prism, tw ... deeply in love with the lady the first time they meet. Jack are attract to the cousin of Algernon, Gwendolen. "Miss Fairfax, ever since I met you I have admired you more than every girl- I have ever ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
The Crucial Dilemma
k the "Ernest" and Algernon are both typical members of Victorian aristocracy. Jack is in love with Gwendolen whose mother, Lady Bracknell, sees as an unfortunate affair after she discovers that Jack ... al husband figure of elite socil status by missing the parentality option. He introduces himself to Gwendolen with the name of "Ernest" because her positive response to his love heavily borrows to the ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Response to The Importance of Being Earnest Author: Oscar Wilde
d throughout the play is held together by the characters' incredible ignorance of their own faults. Gwendolen is seen as funny because as the readers we see the huge gap between her ideal of herself a ... ne and collide repetitively with Jack being the pillar of the story that follows his quest to marry Gwendolen.Jack and Algernon are perfectly matched and I find it quite ironic that they turn out to b ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Analysis of Gwendolen in Oscar Wilde's'THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST'
GWENDOLEN AND MARRIAGEIn Victorian times the custom of marriage was that 'an engagement should come ... g to Jack because he has no 'connections' and lives on the 'unfashionable side' of Belgrave Square. Gwendolen does not conform to the expectations placed upon her by society of the time. She is very f ... hat I am fully determined to accept you'. (Act 1, pg 307)There is no love involved in marriage, for Gwendolen in fact she has a preference for a husband with the name of Ernest. Gwendolen believes tha ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
A critical analysis of the play, "Ernest"
to a year 11 audience in the way of relations, and what people base them upon. In Act 1, page 306, Gwendolen mentions that she could only love a man by the name of Jack. Obviously this sounds ridicul ... who they talk to etc... and choose who we may be interested in accordingly. In the book, Cecily and Gwendolen are only interested in a man with the name of Earnest. In yr 11, its similar to us only be ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Doll's House
ot. The importance of the name Ernest will become clear to Jack as he proposes marriage to his love Gwendolen, and at the end of the play, when the audience will also find out "the importance of being ... the end of the play, when the audience will also find out "the importance of being earnest". Gwendolen accepts Jack's proposal, but she says, "The moment Algernon first mentioned to me that he ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Oscar Wilde V/S "The Importance of Being Earnest"
er language should be used.The following example (part of the hilarious dialogue between Cecily and Gwendolen in act two) will help as a demonstration of the lexical domain that Wilde presents us in t ... l help as a demonstration of the lexical domain that Wilde presents us in this play.CECILY: Dearest Gwendolen, there is no reason why I should make a secret of it to you. Our little county newspaper i ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
The importance of being earnes
er to go to the city whenever he wishes. At the start of the play, we find that Jack wants to marry Gwendolen Fairfax whom he adores greatly. Moreover, in Act 2 the audience sees Algernon proposing to ... ardew: "I love you, Cecily. You will marry me, won't you?" However, it has always been Cecily's and Gwendolen's ideal to marry someone of the name Ernest. As a result, both men think of being christen ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
To what extent do you agree that the friendship between Algernon and Jack produces more humour than the relationship between Jack and Gwendolen?
he friendship between Algernon and Jack produces more humour than the relationship between Jack and Gwendolen?Throughout the play Wilde uses many techniques to create comedy and produce different rela ... ernon and Jack using varying techniques and dimensions such as mirroring their lives in contrast to Gwendolen and Jack's one dimensional relationship.At the start of the play Wilde instantly introduce ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature