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    Characters: Jack Worthing- In the importance of being Ernest, the play’s main character, Jack has two imaginary roles. Jack himself and Ernest, his made up brother. In the city, Jack is himself, Jack. In the country, he switches and calls himself Ernest, his made up brother. He uses the character of Ernest to get away from issues he does not want to be in, like he can say, “Sorry my brother Ernest is sick, I have to go.” Jack is an orphan that was found in a silver handbag in the cloakroom of…

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    society or a relatable issue that we all deal with. They have to make certain artistic decisions to help enhance and support the statement that they are trying to make to their audience. In Oliver Parker’s cinematic adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, the integrating of diverse camera work, editing, staging and close following of the original text give the cinematic viewer a much closer understanding of Parker’s purpose of adapting the original play to be one that…

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    than later. In the play, Oscar Wide reveals that it is difficult to tell the truth even if try to, because the truth will never be so simple. Once all of the lies been told who would believe the truth. Oscar Wilde wrote comedy melodrama play “The Importance of Being Earnest” which is his perception of the rigid Victorian social norms and values. Also the word “Earnest” plays a significant role in the play. According to Brigitte Bastiat, Oscar Wilde uses his characters to express’s his deviance…

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    However, he found our talk a distraction and was happy to help out. His willingness to assist me demonstrated his character and is even reflected in his answers. Over all we discussed the importance of passion and embracing the changes that come along with forming a business. There were some funny anecdotes along the way as well. My favorite anecdote that Paul shared with me about his commitment was when a customer called in to have a helmet…

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    Honky takes the serious issue of racism and shines a light on certain aspects by using comedy and satire as tools to support and help illustrate topics discussed on stage. My focus of this paper will be on two actors that I believe personify comedy and seriousness the most in this production, Sam Richardson as Dr. Driscoll and Judd Johnson as Thomas Hodge. Richardson and Johnson both focused heavily in these two categories in Mikell Pinkley’s production of Honky, but Richardson’s comedic take on…

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    Individuality in The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest takes place in the Victorian Era in Europe, showcasing the strict societal rules and the pressure they cause to attempt to remove individuality from the society by having characters follow the proper upper class stereotypes (being rude to lower class, choosing marriages for money, etc.) By showing the upper class standards and stereotypical snobby behavior through multiple characters, Wilde highlights…

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    have influenced society in a positive manner. Oscar Wilde takes advantage of these initial reactions to the thought of being earnest to spin a story of Victorian Era upper class practices to challenge the world he lived in. Through his play The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde uses the notion of being earnest to display the absurdity that is deeply rooted in upper class Victorian Era beliefs and the hypocrisy that is easily accepted, and because of how the characters react to being…

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    could relate extremely well to the character because sometimes my life isn’t about the mistakes my mother made. I am the person I’m today because of the advice my mother gave me. This one sentence advice given by this girl’s mother represents the importance of becoming a proper girl now and in the…

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    Also comedy have a several types Farce, Romantic Comedy, Satirical Comedy, Sentimental comedy, Black comedy, Comedy of humours and Comedy of manners. The Farce is a form of low comedy, whose intention is to provoke simple mirth in the form of roars of laughter (and not smiles); it uses exaggerated physical action, character and absurd situation, with improbable events, a complex plot, with events rapidly succeeding one another, pushing character and dialogue into the background. The origins of…

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    In The Importance Of Being Earnest, the play by Oscar Wilde, he brings out serious issues through humor and slapstick style of comedy. The cucumber sandwiches scene really brings out the slapstick style of the play. In the play when Jack was eating the cucumber sandwiches and his buddy was trying to get some, he said it was improper to eat the sandwiches. When his buddy asked him why it was okay for Jack to eat the sandwiches he replied with “Well she’s my aunt”. Which is actually ironic…

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