Comedy of manners

In Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" he uses various comedic devices to create comedy; most noticeably melodrama and farce. These devices are used excessively in order to repeatedly address serious matters in a light-hearted manner; Wilde does this to create humour as opposed to offending his audience. Wilde deliberately wrote the play in this manner as he was fully conscious that his audience consisted of upper class Victorians. Throughout the play, Oscar Wilde articulately trivializes particular values which are supposed to be important in Victorian society, such as marriage and aristocracy, through the use of witty paradoxes and epigrams. Wilde's intentions were to make society think more profoundly and to make them more cognizant of serious matters in life, which should be treated with sincerity and the trivial things with seriousness. Therefore, Oscar Wilde's use of subtitle is not completely appropriate. One of the values which are satirized by Oscar Wilde is aristocracy. As with the rest of the play, Act 1 is closely constructed and the opening exchanges between Algernon and Lane establishes the tone of the play: light-hearted, witty yet beyond the reach of orthodox morality. From the opening act it is evident that Algernon's relationship with…

right thing, one not only shows people that one is trustworthy, but it also sends signals to oneself. Not doing the right thing leads one to question their morals and ethics. Usually leading to a feeling of emptiness and sadness. One serious effect of not doing the right thing as an individual and a business is that it provides a lack of deservedness. This effect can really affect one’s future and success. Which might lead to self-sabotage, and even unconscious thoughts. In addition, as an…

He is the safest place I know, he is the guy in the white hat who saves the day. This is the only way I know how to describe the man I admire most. Cory is an amazing husband and father, he puts his family before everything else, he is not only a protector but a nurturer and teacher Cory French is a man who chooses to live by his morals, he believes in honesty, hard work, leading by example, and doing the right thing. These are all perfectly good reasons to admire this man but I have one great…

and I were young, most of her strong opinions was aimed squarely at us. She thought my mother was too permissive, allowing us kids to say, do, or decline to do far too much. In reprimanding either us or our mother, her favorite phrase was, “Back in my day, children just weren’t permitted to…,” and then she would start on her long list of grievances. I always vowed I would never be that way, full of unsolicited criticism about the behavior of other people, but I have indeed become that person…

Although I have decent maths skills, I can always improve and get better. To do this I must work hard in my maths classes and learn as much as possible to become even smarter. Working hard means that I must always be on task not get easily distracted. Career Goal 2 The personal qualities that I will need for becoming a successful international businessman are very similar to being an accountant. They are, patience, calm, risk taking, competitiveness, initiative, leadership and polite manners.…

Hard Times is a novel written by Charles Dickens which judge the English society and tells us about the social and economic pressures of the 19th century. Hard Times is a Victorian novel and is very realistic. Victorian novels bring about realism in literature. Dickens novels are realistic depiction of Victorian society like class consciousness, rapid urbanization, poverty, child labor etc. Dickens talk about love, aspiration, human passion and Hard Times is a novel written by Charles Dickens…

In today’s world, politeness and good manner is very important to get along with each other people and to make this world a better place to live. In this case, both sources I read mention the importance of good manner. The first source “The Power of Hello” written by Howard White, the former basketball star and current vice president of Jordan Brand at Nike. The second source is the “Student Code” of the University of Illinois. It most likely written by the administrators of the university. …

Joe Wilson yelling out “You Lie” during his health care speech. Rude, thoughtless and inconsiderate behavior is becoming the “norm”. Basic manners when heard are becoming a surprise and anti-social behavior is fast becoming an everyday occurrence. “Hi. My name is Common Courtesy. Allow me to introduce myself to you. I have excellent manners and social conduct. I am polite, respectful, considerate, civil, thoughtful, cordial, tactful, and gracious. And I am sadly lacking in your society. In…

Lastly, analyzing Persuasion and A Room With A View will reveal to the reader how Jane Austen’s and E. M. Forster’s societies’ view social class. In Persuasion, British society was class based. People had different expectations, restrictions and ambitions depending on what class they belonged to. They dressed, spoke, behaved and carried themselves according to social status and rarely entered marriages transgressing class-boundaries. It is best put by Mr. Elliot, “Good company requires only…

you obtain this trait. With 2 choices of people to be hired, if you are a decent person, more jobs will consider you than if you were an uncontrollable juvenile. It also seems that if you are decent, more people will like your presence and will provide you more opportunities in life. If I was compelled to guess what caused the need to not want to be decent, I would say that it probably has to do with emotional struggles. People that have strong feelings may tend to not want to follow what decent…