Essays Tagged: "The Importance of Being Earnest"
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde's, explores the role of deceit in the play
While some critics contend that The Importance of Being Earnest is completely fanciful and has no relation to the real world, others ... r Wilde's 'trivial comedy for serious people' does make significant comments about social class and the institution of marriage. These observations include the prevalent utilization of deceit in every ... include the prevalent utilization of deceit in everyday affairs. Indeed the characters and plot of the play appear to be entirely irreverent, thus lending weight to the comedic, fanciful aspect. Howe ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
A Tale Of Three Classes. A Marxist Criticism on 'The Importance of Being Earnest' by Oscar Wilde
'Excuse me Geoffrey, could you get me some more water. I'm terribly thirsty, and the weather out here isn't doing any good for my complexion.' declares the man as he sighs in exhaus ... complexion.' declares the man as he sighs in exhaustion.'Right away sir, anything else?' proclaims the servant.'No that will be all.' says the man as he waves off the servant.So is this the scene of ... rvant.So is this the scene of yesteryear's society or one of today's, well in actuality it can be either. In today's world the rich still rely on butlers and maids. It seems to be a practice that will ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
The Picture of Dorian Gray: Short synopsis and author biography followed by an analysis on the use of aestheticism in the novel.
The Picture of Dorian Gray was Oscar Wilde's first and only novel. It was written in 1890, when Wild ... as thirty-five. He died in Paris on November 30, 1900. Though he wrote only one novel, he composed other literary works and became a dramatist soon after The Picture of Dorian Gray was published. His ... matist soon after The Picture of Dorian Gray was published. His plays include Lady Windemere's Fan, The Importance of Being Earnest, and A Woman of No Importance.He was born "Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Why the play "The Importance of Being Earnest" is still packing theaters today, even though it is over 100 years old.
"The Importance of Being Earnest" has been playing to packed audiences for over a hundred years. Why ... 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 ... rformed 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 ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Drama
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.
"The Importance of Being Earnest" was written by the famous Irish author Oscar Wilde. The play repres ... en by the famous Irish author Oscar Wilde. The play represents Wilde´s late Victorian view of the aristocracy, marriage, wit and social life during the early 1900's. His characters are typical V ... cters are typical Victorian snobs who are arrogant, overly proper, formal and concerned with money. The women are portrayed as sheltered, uneducated, and some as dominating figures over the men in the ...
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.
Portrayal of Women inOscar Wilde's The Importance of Being EarnestByhitman99"The Importance of Being Earnest" was written by the famous ... n by the famous Irish author, Oscar Wilde. The play represents Wilde´s late Victorian view of the aristocracy, marriage, wit, and social life during the early 1900's. His characters are typical ... l Victorian snobs who are arrogant, overly proper, formal, and concerned with money. Wilde portrays the women on two separate levels, Cecily Cardew and Gwendolen Fairfax are young, sheltered, and with ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
"The Importance of Being Earnest." by Oscar Wilde.
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, beyond any reasonable doubt, makes noteworthy commen ... makes some very interesting comments about everyday interaction during 1895. To effectively convey these comments, humorous characters and comical situations are used.Throughout the play, Wilde bring ... t the play, Wilde brings out numerous observations on the Victorian era in different characters. In the first couple of acts, Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff (Algy) are introduced with no jobs; s ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Compare how settings and societies are essential to the mood in 'The Great Gatsby' by F Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Importance of Being Earnest' by Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Earnest' and F Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby' are set in different hi ... ott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby' are set in different historical and cultural contexts. However, there are common themes and moods that both writers create within these different settings to help c ... that both writers create within these different settings to help convey their social comments. But there are also some important differences in how mood is created and in the themes presents to the r ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Essay on "the importance of being earnest", by Oscar Wilde
The importance of being earnest, written by Oscar Wilde, takes place in the Victorian time period in ... Victorian time period in England. Wilde was known as dry, stern, and earnest. This is why he chose the title for his play, for it takes place in the upper, stuck up English society and his protagonis ... the upper, stuck up English society and his protagonists think they are something of the sort, yet they want the name Earnest. This book shows many examples of social satire and irony through ways of ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Reflection of "Bunburyists" In Oscar Wilde's The Importance Of Being Earnest
By: Lee A. ZitoBunburyism in The Importance of Being Earnest is introduced to the reader when Algynon, who we later find out is E ... ynon, who we later find out is Earnest's brother, discovers that Earnest is pretending to have a brother in the county. It is a practice both take use of to make excuses for their absences. Earnest is ... Algy has created Bunbury, and imaginary friend who is always conveniently sick whenever Algy feels the need to stand his Aunt up.Algy somewhat makes it through the play with his imaginary friend Bunb ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
The comparison of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer, Wilde's the Importance of Being Earnest, and Shaw's Mrs Warren's Profession
The Role of Money in MarriageEven though the four plays were written in four different eras, there a ... ere written in four different eras, there are quite a few phenomena they have in common. Written in the 16th century, A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare is the oldest among the four dramas. Gold ... e is the oldest among the four dramas. Goldsmith wrote She Stoops to Conquer in 1773, Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest was published in 1895, while Mrs Warren's Profession by Bernard Shaw ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Response to The Importance of Being Earnest Author: Oscar Wilde
The Importance of Being Earnest is very comical play that satirises the conventions and ideals of 18 ... ons and ideals of 18th century society. The characters were all societal cliché's defined by their status and revealed in their relations throughout the play. The comical conventions, which Osc ... oughout the play. The comical conventions, which Oscar Wilde uses in the play, are neat epigrams. Either a character's very short statement that pointedly mocks a certain moral or social attitude or a ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
How has satire been utilised within 2 of your texts?(Making close reference to two others). Texts are in the body of the essay, as they wouldn't fit in the title.
Texts - Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift), Utopia (Sir Thomas Moore), The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde), Monty Python and the Holy Grail***Gulliver's Travels ... er's Travels is a satire, aimed at the 18th century society that Jonathan Swift lived in - that is, the English way of life and customs. It may be compared to Utopia, the Importance of Being Earnest a ... he Importance of Being Earnest and Monty Python and the Holy Grail in many ways; all are satires of the time in which the authors/creators lived in, parodying the social and moral values of the time. ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
The Importance of Being Earnest is described as satire. Satire implies criticism of society and social institutions. Do you consider this play satirical? What do you think this play criticizes?
Satire is defined to be the use of humor to ridicule faults and vices. The Importance of Being Earnest written by Oscar Wild ... of Being Earnest written by Oscar Wilde is a social satire, using irony and paradoxes to insinuate the problems and faults found in the Victorian society. The Importance of Being Earnest is set in th ... n society. The Importance of Being Earnest is set in the late Victorian Era during a social reform. The class system was defined by the animosity between classes, the upper class treating the lower cl ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
How is the concept of marriage treated in The Importance of Being Ernest? What do the characters think about this institution?
The concept of marriage up until the twentieth century was considered to be prestigious and was the ... h century was considered to be prestigious and was the central aim of the English novel. Wilde uses the concept of marriage in The Importance of Being Earnest as a paradox. The characters are disinter ... as a paradox. The characters are disinterested, some repulsed, by the concept of marriage yet it is the final goal and motivation of the play. The concept of marriage is presented in many ways. Each c ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Conflicts in The Importance of Being Earnest
The outcome of conflicts in drama can reveal values in a play more than the actual conflicts themsel ... veal values in a play more than the actual conflicts themselves can. One play where this is true is The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde.Set in Victorian England, this play satirises the ar ... rian England, this play satirises the aristocracy of the time. Usually, authors of that Period used the lower classes as their roving grounds for social commentary, but unlike authors such as Dickens, ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
The Colors of Love, Lies and Pride-Jack and Algernon are like a Rubik's cube- Comparison essay
Erno Rubik was a Hungarian mathematician who created the 80's fad the Rubik's cube. This cube is made up of six sides, each of wh ... ik's cube. This cube is made up of six sides, each of which has nine colored squares. The puzzle of the cube is to get all like colors on the same side of the cube. In the "The Importance of Being Ear ... ortance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde, the characters Jack and Algernon are like a Rubik's cube, they have many colors that are mixed with each other, but they all come together in the end. This co ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Brahm Stoker and Oscar Wilde: Sexual and Social Identity in "Dracula" and "The Importance of Being Earnest"
Gender and identity were two of the main issues criticized by some of the most popular writers of the Victorian time period, but non ... f the authors were as straightforward as Oscar Wilde and Bram Stoker. Oscar Wilde focused mainly on the dual-identity that existed in Victorian society, not only in the social aspect applied to the wa ... lde's, but placed more emphasis on sexual identity and gender roles. Stoker was more concerned with the fear Victorian society had of sexual expression of females, and the expression of desire that ma ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
"The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde: Algernon Montcrieff - A Character Analysis
It is a well known phenomenon that many authors' lives are reflected through a character in their work. In Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, the double life, or double identity, c ... tance of Being Earnest, the double life, or double identity, can be seen as the central metaphor in the play, epitomized in Algernon's creation of "Bunbury" or "Bunburying". As this term is the only f ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Doll's House
Human beings and relationships is an inevitable process of life, however, understanding the actions and behaviours produced by such affairs is a very intricate matter. The complexity of hu ... dividual's position in society have continued to dictate human behaviour to a large degree. Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, Ibsen's A Doll's House and Reza's Art, all manufacture the complexi ... sen's A Doll's House and Reza's Art, all manufacture the complexity of relationships at the core of their plays, using both comedy and realism to express the nature of human behaviour. Another questio ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers