San Jose State University The Importance of Being Earnest & Dramatic Irony Discussion
Question Description
2 page MLA format essay on the play The Importance of Being Earnest. It’s available to read online and there are good movie versions.
Choose 1 topic:
1: Which unionJack’s with Gwendolen or Algernon’s with Cecilyseems more likely to succeed? Or the reverend and Miss Prism? One character with another’s bank account? Or is the story really about another relationship altogether? (Audiences at the time would have noticed lots of gay subtext https://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/bs-fe-everyman-earnest-20181207-story.html(Links to an external site)
2. Analyze the gender reversals in this text. Does the feminized Lord Bracknell foreshadow what Jack and Algernon may become? Are males or females more passive/dominated in this play? Who has the agency?
3. How does dramatic irony (one character or the audience knowing something another character doesn’t) create humor in The Importance of Being Earnest? Identify a handful of instances in which the audience members know more about what is going on than the characters on stage. Why does this create humor?
Defend your choice in a well-laid out essay. You may add research but it’s not necessary. Two or more pages. You don’t need to cite the play.
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