Often, literary work are adapted to the big screen, which brings in different interpretations and adjustment of the original written piece. These subtle or distinguishable adjustments made by the director can be seen as either positive or negative to film reviewers and viewers. Director and screenwriter Oliver Parker film adaptation of the play, The Importance of Being Earnest, holds similarities to Wilde’s original play and likewise include changes from the original play. Overall, Oliver Parker film adaptation takes Wilde’s original concept and brings changes in the characters, setting, and theme of the original play.
For the majority of the film, Parker sticks to the dialogue from the original Wilde play, though he does include alterations …show more content…
For example, it often involves several moments in different scenes the Algernon is being hunted by his bill-collector. This occurs at the beginning of the film bringing the audiences further interest to what is occurring and lured in the audience’s attention. Moreover, it added small scenes taking place in a casino, tattoo shop, church, and cabaret. All, not present in the Oscar Wilde’s play, though it does capture a bigger image of Victorian Society. Additionally, Jack and Algernon introduction scene is not set in Algernon apartment, but rather set in party scenery. All in all, the film jumps from one setting to another setting, these transitions of settings provide bridges that help the audience to stay entertained and stay on the path of the story. The setting can highlight characters, in addition to this, it can set the mood and ignites interest to the …show more content…
Through Lady Bracknell interviewed and question with Jack in which shows the standards and social ideals to be adequate in the upper class of Victorian society, only accomplished by the means of marriage. Conversely, their interpretation of other themes does differ. In the original play, Oscar Wilde presents a satirical dialogue that confronts the upper-class in Victorian society and their ignorance and shallowness ways. For instance, the ending concluded that Jack own fiction life came to be his reality, with his name actually being Ernest at the end. Leaving the reader with their own conclusion whether Jack was earnest or not. The theme of morality and hypocrisy is heavily present in this part of Acts 3. Moreover, Wilde makes it relate to the morality of Upper Victorian society who are often regarded as holding high morality yet presents low moral behind closed doors. At his time era, the play places conversational topics and ideas which his audiences would express different from the modern audiences. In Parker’s film, it took a different approach with the theme by the ending it revealed Jack’s Christian name being actually John, not Ernest. Only Jack and Lady Bracknell knowing this decided to leave it as it is. Parker’s ending takes a different approach to choosing a take from Wilde’s original ending who leaves the reader questioning. In total, Parker ending directly illustrates the theme
For the majority of the film, Parker sticks to the dialogue from the original Wilde play, though he does include alterations …show more content…
For example, it often involves several moments in different scenes the Algernon is being hunted by his bill-collector. This occurs at the beginning of the film bringing the audiences further interest to what is occurring and lured in the audience’s attention. Moreover, it added small scenes taking place in a casino, tattoo shop, church, and cabaret. All, not present in the Oscar Wilde’s play, though it does capture a bigger image of Victorian Society. Additionally, Jack and Algernon introduction scene is not set in Algernon apartment, but rather set in party scenery. All in all, the film jumps from one setting to another setting, these transitions of settings provide bridges that help the audience to stay entertained and stay on the path of the story. The setting can highlight characters, in addition to this, it can set the mood and ignites interest to the …show more content…
Through Lady Bracknell interviewed and question with Jack in which shows the standards and social ideals to be adequate in the upper class of Victorian society, only accomplished by the means of marriage. Conversely, their interpretation of other themes does differ. In the original play, Oscar Wilde presents a satirical dialogue that confronts the upper-class in Victorian society and their ignorance and shallowness ways. For instance, the ending concluded that Jack own fiction life came to be his reality, with his name actually being Ernest at the end. Leaving the reader with their own conclusion whether Jack was earnest or not. The theme of morality and hypocrisy is heavily present in this part of Acts 3. Moreover, Wilde makes it relate to the morality of Upper Victorian society who are often regarded as holding high morality yet presents low moral behind closed doors. At his time era, the play places conversational topics and ideas which his audiences would express different from the modern audiences. In Parker’s film, it took a different approach with the theme by the ending it revealed Jack’s Christian name being actually John, not Ernest. Only Jack and Lady Bracknell knowing this decided to leave it as it is. Parker’s ending takes a different approach to choosing a take from Wilde’s original ending who leaves the reader questioning. In total, Parker ending directly illustrates the theme