Importance of Sleep Essay

Have you ever noticed something that seemed ridiculous or petty but everyone never said anything bad about it? Well, that is exactly how Oscar Wilde felt about the Victorian upper class. In the play “The Importance of Being Earnest”, Oscar Wilde uses the characters to portray how he viewed the Victorian upper class. Wilde satirizes the Victorian upper class by using understatements about serious matters, bringing attention to the comedic behaviors of the characters, and portraying the humourous…

been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being good all the time. That would-be hypocrisy.” (Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest) Jamie Lessells Life in the 21st century has moved on from past events and stereotypes, and celebrities have never been more in the spotlight. Despite all this change, some ideas, attitudes and values constructed in The Importance of Being Earnest are still relevant in society today. Themes such as marriage and living double lives are strongly…

In Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, the characters often engage in quick, witty remarks towards one another. Yet beneath their comic front, these characters’ words subtly challenge the reality we think we live in, demanding the we see beyond what we have come to accept. When Lady Bracknell asks Algernon how he has been behaving and Algernon replies he has been feeling well, Lady Bracknell remarks, “that’s not quite the same thing. In fact the two things rarely go together” creating…

In Oscar Wild’s written work, “The Importance of Being Ernest”, he employs humor through the use of flirty diction and satiric actions of certain characters. He does so in order to achieve his purpose of showing the lifestyle of the high class people during the Victorian era. Act 2, opening scene, Algernon and Cecily are saying their goodbyes. Algernon tries to have a few more moments with Cecily before he has to leave, he tries to show his true feelings, mentioning her, “..absolute perfection..…

Zahwa Ezzelden Prof. Forman 12/01/2017 Gender Queer Theories In the short drama “The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde”, the story takes place in the Victorian Era. In the Victorian Era, it was very common for the Male to be in charge, and the one with the higher classes, versus the female, where the female is usually the one that would stay home, cook and clean and be the modest one. Oscar Wilde took a spin on the “proper” gender roles that are appropriate for that Era and he made…

In the passage from Act II “The Importance of Being Ernest” by Oscar Wilde, Wilde uses many sources of humor to show the comical way in which Ernest and Cecily meet for the very first time. Starting with a confusing engagement and ending with a phony name, this encounter took a different turn than expected as it developed. The first source of humor used in “The Importance of Being Ernest” is when Cecily has announced to Ernest, also known as Algernon, that they are engaged. Ernest has never met…

many of these issues are caused from lack of sleep. The Journal I chose is “Manipulating Sleep Duration Alters Emotional Functioning and Cognitive Performance in Children” It was just last week I had a conference with a parent, during the conference the parent revealed her son was only getting about 5-6 hours of sleep a night, this highlights several of my concerns. I explained to her that a two year old child should be getting about 11 hours of sleep a night. So it was blatantly obvious when…

Teens Need More Sleep Sleep is almost just important as eating. It is a very important thing for your health. Many people do not get enough sleep and it can affect their health in a negative ways, physically and mentally. Many people cannot get enough sleep because of school and work. Teenagers should get more sleep. Sleep can affect our lives by making us be impatient and not treating friends and family in a way that that we should. Students that have school and work have the highest risk of…

Sleep Deprivation and Decision Making The study, Feedback Blunting: Total Sleep Deprivation Impairs Decision Making that Requires Updating Based on Feedback , Whitney, PhD, P. et al (2014) examined the effects on people on their decision making after sleep deprivation. This study included testing at different stages of sleep conditions in a 62 hour period. Sleep deprived volunteers had issues with having to learn go and no-go stimuli tests and actually did worse when attempting the tests…

how sleep deprived students are three times more likely to experience depression and have suicidal thoughts compared to others who got enough rest. “Sleep deprivation and depression go hand in hand among teenagers…Instead of giving them medications, I’d rather give them a change to sleep better,” (qtd. in Harding). Because of students’ unpredictable sleeping cycle, teenagers may experience insomnia as well, since they do not have a regular sleeping schedule. Another health concern with sleep…