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Part Of The World Lady Bracknell
1,246 wordsThe play begins in the flat of Algernon Mon crieff, an English bachelor. Visited by his friend Jack Worthing, though Algernon and everyone else in London know Jack as "Ernest. " Jack says that he has come to town to propose to Gwendolyn Fairfax, the daughter of Lady Bracknell, first cousin of Algernon. Algernon tells Jack that he refuses to give his consent for him to marry Gwendolyn until Jack can explain why the name Cecily inscribed in Jack's cigarette case. After making up a story, Jack fina...
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Importance Of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde
870 wordsLove is perhaps the most actively sought moral objective of ones life. And though marriage is often thought to be the logical consequence of love, it is Oscar Wilde's contention in his satire, The Importance of Being Earnest, that love begets bliss and marriage thwarts this course of bliss. Algernon Moncrieff spends very little time falling in love and the rest of the time striving toward engagement. Wilde demonstrates through him that once one becomes intent upon achieving a goal, the individua...
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Falls In Love Miss Kinnian
1,948 wordsTest and Key 1. Where is this story set? Future, in western Europe or North America 2. How old are Charlie and Miss Kinnian? 37, and 34. 3. What was the first test Charlie did, and what was it for/ What did Charlie call it? A Rorschach test, which asks the patient to say what he / she thinks of inkblots on cards. This test is to determine if Charlie is intelligent or truly retarded. Charlie called it a raw show test. 4. How did Charlie do on the test, and why is it important? He sees no inkblots...
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Falls In Love Miss Kinnian
1,939 wordsFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. Test and Key 1. Where is this story set? Future, in western Europe or North America 2. How old are Charlie and Miss Kinnian? 37, and 34. 3. What was the first test Charlie did, and what was it for/ What did Charlie call it? A Rorschach test, which asks the patient to say what he / she thinks of inkblots on cards. This test is to determine if Charlie is intelligent or truly retarded. Charlie called it a raw show test. 4. How did Charlie do on the test, and wh...
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Quot Quot Lady Bracknell
5,068 wordsAuthor: Oscar Wilde Setting: Begins in a flat in London then proceeds to a manor house in the countryside in the late 1800 s. Plot: Two men, John Jack Earnest Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff, use the deception [a Bunbury] that both their names were Ernest, in order to secure marriage to the women they love, Gwendolen Fairfax and Cecily Cardew. Then there is the ultimate unraveling of their lies, which still ends in their impending nuptials. Cast of Key Characters John Jack Ernest Worthing "...
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