When someone cannot socialize or encounter the same surroundings, they begin to act very talkative and get aggravated easily. For example, when the narrator says, “I get unreasonable angry at John sometimes,” (2). The narrator gets aggravated at everything quickly, such as her husband, the house, her brother’s sister, and that yellow wallpaper. Especially when she says, “I never saw a worse paper in my life,” (3). She is really aggravated with being trapped in the room but projected her feelings toward the
It is suggested by this then that the play holds no deeper meaning or message of morality; it is simply designed to fulfill a purpose through usage of traditional comedic techniques. However, some have interpretated themes of sexuality and a gentle mocking of Victorian customs ultimately leaving the play open to assumption. The Importance of being Earnest certainly maintains many traits of a great comedy of manners, "A comedy that satirizes behaviour in a particular social group"(dictionary.com). In fact many people have hailed it as "the greatest stage comedy of all time", this triumph supports the viewpoint that Wilde merely succeeded in entertaining his audience rather than channeling a deeper understanding. The use of slapstick by Wilde produces a contrived and absurd plotline that is in every way unrealistic.
The pragmatic and realistic views of central characters like Benedick suit the prose style that Shakespeare uses in Much Ado About Nothing, much of the humor that is generated by Benedick and Beatrice’s ‘merry war’ is delivered in prose. Although it’s best suited for those characters that speak in verse too as it is a social expectation, if that character isn’t applying this language it is seen as they are playing deviating from the social order of the play. “Fare well, boy, you know my mind, I will leave you now to your gossip-like humor”, Benedick doesn’t use verse in Act 5, Scene1 because he is challenging Claudio, verse wouldn’t be used as it is used in tragic dialogue. Consequently
Not only are they scorned and hated by society, but also most scorn and hate themselves even if they do not show it every day. Similarly to Dante’s time, even in today’s society gluttony is considered to be a wrongdoing by others. In our day, lust is not seen as corrupt as it was in Dante’s time. A large part of the community does not consider it immoral to have sexual relationships with one or more partner and yet many people are not finding happiness, they are satisfying lust and perhaps finding that that is not enough. They drift from one relationship to another constantly searching for who knows what.
However, throughout the first few scenes, we as the audience are exposed to Beatrice and Benedick’s ‘merry war’ as they exchange witty and sarcastic banter. ‘Scratching could not make it worse, an ΄twere such a face as yours were.’ As opposed to her cousin Hero, Beatrice clearly speaks her mind and is not afraid to let Benedick know what she thinks of him. Beatrice believes women should be allowed to voice their opinions where it suits them, just as men are, and that they should be the ones to make decisions concerning them, not the men of the play. For example, when discussing the marriage of Hero and Claudio, Beatrice explains that not only should the marriage between them please Hero’s father, Leonato, but it should also please her. ‘But yet for all that, cousin, let him be a handsome fellow-or else make another curtsey and say, ‘Father, as it please me’.
I was thinking how this makes all men look like liar and incompetent. Well, this scene worked, and it could catch any reader off guard to make them think about it and have all these questions. The main purpose of this play was to unite two couples that weren’t allowed to be together, but the story had so many distraction. After a awhile you would
It can be crushing if details get out about your personal relationship. Every week NE and other publications like it damage numerous relationships. They print story after story reporting various accounts of adultery, cheating, and many other problems in celebrity relationships. It’s as if they see celebrity relationships as something not real whereas there’s real love in these relationships just like any other. This is just another example of how the NE see’s a “stars” status as something they can tear down and say whatever they want about it just because they feel like they have no moral code when it comes to the upper class.
Both Jack and Algernon are admired by two young ladies who mistakenly believe the men's names to be Ernest, and who adore the men for this very reason. In relating the story of mix-ups and mistaken identities, the ideals and manners of the Victorian society are satirized in a comedy where the characters "treat all the trivial things of life seriously and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality" (Wilde back cover), in the words of the author himself. Oscar Wilde’s comical scenes often take their source in social satire and non-conformism (Baselga 15). Throughout his play, In The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde satirizes education, women, and morality. Oscar Wilde satirizes the British education by using Lady Bracknell.
He does, however try to give these women a chance to almost prove to him that they aren’t phonies, but almost every single time he is disappointed. This leads him to conclude that all of them are phonies. He also believes that the adult world is so full of phonies that the people living in that world can’t even see what they have become, making him lose even more respect for people who are older than himself. He is scared of growing up, and because of this, he reacts negatively towards people who are older than he. Because of this, it’s almost impossible for him to trust or respect women.
The play The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde is full of irony. John (Jack) Worthing and Algernon (Algy) Moncrieff, the protagonists in the play, get themselves into a complex situation called Bunburyism. Jack and Algy pretend to be someone that they are not to escape their daily lives. They are dishonest to the women they admire and ultimately the truth is uncovered. Irony is first observed when Algernon (Algy) Moncrieff accuses the protagonist, John Worthing, of being a “bunburyist” (Act I).