Matthew Hernandez January 7‚ 2015 Gango – 2 Practice AP Essay In an excerpt from Lady Windermere’s Fan by Oscar Wilde‚ the playwright reveals the values and nature of his own society through the conduct of his characters. The author uses the lives of high-class people to demonstrate the underlying fancies and motivations of the elite society of his time. Wilde targets the society’s emphasis on an external show of good behavior‚ their scorning of the lower classes‚ and their vanity in living for the
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adaption of Lady Windermere’s Fan – titled A Good Woman – and Oscar Wilde’s original play are both stories with similar themes and values. They follow the same plotline and convey a similar message- that the harsh rules of society were hypocritical and verging on absurd. However‚ with drastic changes made to the setting‚ characters and time period‚ some of the key themes are altered and sacrificed to cater for a modern film-going audience. Both A Good Woman and Lady Windermere’s Fan revolve around
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absurd to divide people into good and bad”-17“If you pretend to be good…”-15 In act three‚ the men of Lady Windermere’s Fan have gathered at Lord Darlington’s home and talk about Mrs Erlynne and women in general. Cecil Graham‚ a true dandy‚ remarks that he prefers wicked women to good women‚ since good women bore him. He also has a strong opinion on morality: “A man who moralises is usually a hypocrite‚ and a woman who moralises is invariably plain” (Wilde 357). He blames women for men’s bad behaviour
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in. In Oscar Wilde’s satire Lady Windermere’s Fan‚ the dialogue is effective in doing just this‚ giving the reader the opportunity to make great incites regarding the inner workings of the three characters who speakOne of the characters with dialogue in Lady Windermere’s Fan is Lord Darlington. Based on what he says‚ as well as what others say about him‚ Darlington is a rather laid back‚ carefree individual. This is backed up with his statement to Lady Windermere “I think that life is far too
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Fan fiction is something has been around as long as people have been telling stories. Ancient people would retell old stories or explore minor characters’ roles‚ which are both things people still do today. But there seems to be an unwritten rule between writer and audience that each should respect the other. In other words‚ authors shouldn’t ridicule their readers‚ and fans shouldn’t belittle the author. When either side breaks this mutual respect‚ we begin to see problems in a work of art. One
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On his wife’s birthday‚ Lord Windermere presented her with a beautiful‚ delicately wrought fan with her name‚ Margaret‚ engraved upon it. She intended to carry the fan at a ball she was giving that evening‚ a ball to which everyone of importance in London had been invited. That afternoon‚ the Duchess of Berwick called on Lady Windermere‚ to tell her friend of a rumored affair between Lord Windermere and Mrs. Erlynne‚ a fascinating but notorious woman not received in the best houses. According to
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Abstract Lake Windermere :- A habitat to the Arctic Charr (Salvelinus alpinus). Windermere can be described as a glacial ribbon lake‚ which has experienced a lot of excavations and over deepening by past glaciations. Lake Windermere is (17 km) in length and over (1.5 km) in width. This is situated in the Lake District of Cumbria in the NW of England. It is (60 m) deep and falls withinthe wooded hills near Scafell and other mountains. Windermere is the largest lake in England. It is fed and replenished
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to the ladies we are determined to foment a rebellion‚ and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice‚ or representation‚” said by Abigail Adams‚ First Lady and advocate of women’s rights (Abigail Adams Quotes). In the past hundred years‚ women have accomplished more than anyone could imagine - from joining men in the work force to building multi-million dollar fashion industries. In each decade‚ the economy seems be a driving factor in the forward movement of women in politics
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The theme is Pearl S. Buck’s The Good Earth is more than just one man’s struggle to rise to economic success. She portrays and focuses on the feminism and depiction of Chinese women probably during or before the Xinhai revolution. The appearance of Railroads suggests the novel took place after 1908‚ which is when the lines of shanghai to the north were constructed‚ relatively connecting southern and northern China. This allowed an escape for farmers like Wang‚ who had to move to the city with his
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sports fan‚ there is nothing more exciting than going to a sporting event of my favorite team. To be surrounded by other sports fans who are rooting for the same team as you brings a sense of togetherness. The feeling of "this is our team" and "if they win I win" brings all sports fans together. However‚ even with this togetherness bond between sports fans‚ they can be classified into four distinct categories. The first category and the most common is the casual sports fan. The casual sports fan will
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