Personification In The Importance Of Being Earnest And Madea

In 1806, Noah Webster published A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language thus setting a fast past fetishization on the connotation of langue. Followed by the fame of the Webster’s Dictionary society quickly morphs into the literal definition of the world. Seen in social phenomena like the Fundamentalist movement during the 1920s, man’s narrow mindedness stuns the true perceptions and beauty within the world. Additionally, Webster’s impacts are noted in mankind’s unrealistic characterization of moral code as completely evil or inherently good. No gray area or in between dwellings creates an inhumane rupture of the conscious leading to moral ineptitude in both The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde and Madea by Seneca. The mental
After banished from Asia Minor by an unfaithful husband, Madea retalizes by murdering her children and husbands mistress while simultaneously rationalizing her “brains cold logic” (945). Through the use of personification Madea creates a repentant tone because she is able to separate the horrid thoughts that her brain forces her body to carry out. Additionally by separating brain and body the action can be viewed as a euphemism regarding the dynamic roles between society and individuals. In other words, society acts as the control center. Picking and choosing the next actions that the individuals will act. On the other hand those that suffer from brain damage, often described as being in a vegetative state, life is viewed as “meaningless repletion” (426). Those that do not take action are simply lying on their backs listening to the constant drip of IV solution and the droning rhythm tick of the heart rate monitor. To “disturb the balance” (422) the brain breaks out of the vegetative state and forces the body to pursue actions. Likewise society’s manipulative ways have forced actions in individuals like Madea when it is better to meditate rather than instigate. By juxtaposing “life maters, or else it does not.” (420) it creates a hurried tone that creates the sense to be casted into the game of life actions must be taken. However in Madea’s case she is better not to succumb to the pressures of society rather than letting her sons “die innocent” (944). To put the two blatantly different phrases in close context suggest that MAdea is capable of making the right choice but is forced into a rushed decision due to wrong