Characters
Jack goes by what in the City?
Ernest
Was the father respected in the Victorian Era? Why?
Yes the father was the a figure of respect, and was the head of the household
Connotation
Ex: 9/11
How is Cecily related to Jack?
Why is it that at a bachelor’s establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne? I ask merely for information. LANE. I attribute it to the superior quality of the wine, sir. I have often observed that in married households the champagne is rarely of a first-rate brand. ALGERNON. Good heavens! Is marriage so demoralising as that?
Marriage
Devoted to the bread and butter
Gwendolin
The upper class considered themselves t be rulers of the classes because of...
Divine Right
Ambiguity
An event or situation can be interpreted in more than one way.
What happened to Miss Prism manuscript
It never got published and got abandoned
"it is very romantic to be in love"
Love
The guy who likes Miss Prism
Dr. Chasuble
Who was the Queen of the Victorian Era
Queen Victoria
Irony
Things that are the opposite then what they seem. "Mountain out of a molehill"
What's ironic about Miss Prisms evaluation of Jack
Miss Prism believes jack is a honest and a good man
LADY BRACKNELL. That is satisfactory. What between the duties expected of one during one’s lifetime, and the duties exacted from one after one’s death, land has ceased to be either a profit or a pleasure. It gives one position, and prevents one from keeping it up. That’s all that can be said about land. JACK. I have a country house with some land, of course, attached to it, about fifteen hundred acres, I believe; but I don’t depend on that for my real income.
Class
Who adopted Jack when he was left on the train?
Mr. Cardew
Oscar Wild is the author of...
IOBE
Parody
Imitates/mocks another work of art in order to ridicule it.
What's the story behind Jack infancy
He was adopted by Mr. Cardew
Lady Bracknell: Pardon me, you are not engaged to any one. When you do become engaged to some one, I, or your father, should his health permit him, will inform you of the fact. An engagement should come on a young girl as a surprise, pleasant or unpleasant, as the case may be. It is hardly a matter that she could be allowed to arrange for herself... And now I have a few questions to put to you, Mr. Worthing. (I.172)
Gender
Who is the nephew of Aunt Augusta
Algernon
Hedonism is ...
living in full the pleasures of life
Understatement
What does Algernon say to get out of social obligations.
Bunburry
“Gwendolen, it is a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his life he has been speaking nothing but the truth”.
Deception