‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ draws on components of absurdity and melodrama in order to provide humour and hence conceal the darker meaning of concepts. Wilde’s use of frequent comedic features‚ in addition to witty paradoxes stated by characters allows forms of deception to appear as amusing and superficial while still holding much darker alternate meanings and subtexts which allows him to draw upon and mock the flaws of Victorian society. The idea of deception through leading a double life
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Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest While some critics contend that The Importance of Being Earnest is completely fanciful and has no relation to the real world‚ others maintain that Oscar Wilde’s "trivial comedy for serious people" does make significant comments about social class and the institution of marriage. These observations include the prevalent utilization of deceit in everyday affairs. Indeed the characters and plot of the play appear to be entirely irreverent‚ thus
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Running head: WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF LACK OF SLEEP ON A COLLEGE STUDENT’S BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR Gilbert and Weaver (2010) examined the sleep quality with academic performance with university students‚ whether it is complete sleep deprivation or poor sleep quality. This study was to determine if lack of sleep or having poor sleep value in non-demoralized college students were related to the low academic routine. The author’s expectations were to find the relationship between the student’s environment
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Oscar Wilde’s play “The Importance of Being Earnest” is a play that epitomizes the Victorian age. “The Importance of Being Earnest” a man named Jack who goes by the alias Earnest‚ and Algernon who goes by Bunbury. These men are living double lives‚ and by them doing so‚ they would not be considered an ideal Victorian man. Earnest and Algernon come up with these names so that they can get away from their daily lives to be along in the country. During the Victorian age‚ it was common for women to
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the stages of sleep and associated Disorders. Explain the treatment or interventions for these disorders. Stages of sleep: There are two types of sleep- Slow-wave sleep and Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep. Slow Wave Sleep:- This sleep is exceedingly restful and is associated with decreases in both peripheral vascular tone and many other vegetative functions of the body. For instance there are 10-30 percent decreases in blood pressure‚ respiratory rate‚ and basal metabolic rate. REM Sleep (Paradoxical
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When the body is sleep-deprived‚ it is like a car running on a half-empty gas tank. People usually don’t know when their bodies will run out of fuel- and the results can be disastrous. In fact‚ sleep deprivation has caused tragedy: It is the second leading cause of all car accidents in the United States. At least one-third of Americans‚ about 85 million people‚ sleep only six of the eight or nine hours that sleep specialists say is needed each night. According to James Maas‚ a sleep specialist‚ this
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Results The experiment testing the question‚ “What is the effect of sleep times 6‚ 7‚ 8 hours on reaction time (seconds) in humans?” concluded that the group sleeping six hours had an average reaction time of 0.54 seconds‚ the group sleeping seven hours had an average reaction time of 0.60 seconds‚ and the group sleeping eight hours had an average reaction time of 0.45 seconds. The hypothesis was somewhat supported with the group sleeping eight hours having the highest reaction time‚ however‚ the
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gender in creating comedy in the ‘Importance of Being Earnest’? Dramatic comedy originated in Ancient Greece in 5th century BC‚ centred around loose plot lines and exploiting certain situations through parody‚ farce and mockery. Comedy started developing in 4th Century BC where intricate plot lines were introduced‚ commonly based around love and romance and usually culminating in a satisfactory and happy resolution. This is much like the structure of ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ as the play revolves
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idea of earnestness. It will also reveal the true definition of honesty versus the Victorian definition of honesty. The comedy of this play shows several of the ways that the characters make fun of the moral strictness of the Victorian era. In The Importance of Being Earnest‚ there is false virtue and hypocrisy that shows being earnest is the greatest challenge of morality. Wilde’s characters are presented as comical to mock the Victorian correctness. The title of this piece is a play on word of “Earnest”
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"The tone says life is fun. The undertone suggests life is a catastrophe." How far do you agree with this model of comedy in relation for The Importance of Being Earnest?- Edward Braddock. The Importance of Being Earnest has been described in many ways‚ some believing that its dialogue is "wittily allusive and understated rather than downright comic" ‚ whereas others believe it is simply a narrative driven by Wilde’s deep roots in the Aestheticism movement. Despite the play being a comedy where
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