Importance Of Being Earnest Film Analysis

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The Importance of Being Earnest: Film vs. Text Oscar Wilde’s highly popular play, The Importance of Being Earnest, elicits numerous dramatic elements which fall under one of the two major dramatic modes, comedy. Throughout the play there are many miscommunications, errors in judgment, and failures by the characters which are displayed in a humorous fashion. With this brilliant play available as text or a film version, one may wonder which medium truly conveys Wilde’s witty characters and genius comedic satire more accurately. Through extensive analysis and in depth research, it is apparent that the film version trumps the text by delivering the play more precisely and grabbing the audience from start to finish with its vivid visual aspects,…show more content…
You are nothing of the kind, sir. And now, as regards Algernon!... Algernon! Algernon. Yes, Aunt Augusta. Lady Bracknell. May I ask if it is in this house that your invalid friend Mr. Bunbury resides? Algernon. [Stammering.] Oh! No! Bunbury doesn’t live here. Bunbury is somewhere else at present. In fact, Bunbury is dead, Lady Bracknell. Dead! When did Mr. Bunbury die? His death must have been extremely sudden. Algernon. [Airily.] Oh! I killed Bunbury this afternoon. I mean poor Bunbury died this afternoon. Lady Bracknell. What did he die of? Algernon. Bunbury? Oh, he was quite exploded. Lady Bracknell. Exploded! Was he the victim of a revolutionary outrage? I was not aware that Mr. Bunbury was interested in social legislation. If so, he is well punished for his morbidity. Algernon. My dear Aunt Augusta, I mean he was found out! The doctors found out that Bunbury could not live, that is what I mean - so Bunbury died. (Wilde 1459) Wilde utilizes Algernon to express his skill with words by slipping things by Lady Bracknell through his sly speech. The dialogue in the text conveys Wilde’s main idea through clever lines and inventive

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