The Importance of Being Earnest, like so many of his works, focused on the elite, and while making fun of their absurdities and excesses, it also reveled in their witty banter and rambunctious lives. ... In claiming to be Ernest, both Algernon and Jack had, unbeknownst to themselves, been earnest. ... In the figure of Lady Bracknell in particular, The Importance of Being Earnest lightly shows the limitations and unhappiness produced by such a way of life. ... Also fundamental to Wilde's wit is his use of epigrams--short, witty sayings--to shed light on a given situation. ... Overall, The ...

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The short story "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," written by Ernest Hemingway, is about two waiters in a Spanish café who are discussing their last customer of the night, an elderly and lonely drunk man. ... The older waiter seems to understand the importance of the café, especially for lonely people with empty lives like the old man and himself. ... The old man has reached a stage in life where he just wants to die and being drunk in the café is the best place to ride out the storm. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Ernest Hemingway's collection of short stories In Our Time explores ideas about love, passion, and relationships. ... Hemingway's use of gender archetypes in the collection is a critical social commentary on society's decided importance of gender roles. In his short stories "The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife"" and "Indian Camp,"" Ernest Hemingway uses conventional gender archetypes with some unconventional features to challenge and expose flaws in traditional societal gender roles. ... The wife is determined to be unworthy of being answered, unworthy of an opinion, and unwo...

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Unspoken Words Ernest Hemingway is an incredible writer for his ability to write a story using symbols. ... The technique is used to emphasize the importance of ideas by leaving out important details of the story and replacing them with symbols. ... Ernest Hemingway will always be known for what he leaves out of stories and not for what he tells. ... This symbolizes the importance of the girl's decision to have the abortion. ... The story isn't easy to understand because it is told in such a short period of time. ...

• Word Count: 1147
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

In "A Clean Well-Lighted Place," by Ernest Hemingway, the ultimate futility of life is expressed through the use of characterization, symbolism and dictation. ... In the short story, both the deaf man and the older waiter favor being at the cafe. ... He is rude and insulting to the deaf man because he does not understand the importance of the cafe, nor the real purpose the men have for wanting to stay there. ... The old deaf man, on the other hand, leaves the cafe with no opposition; he is beyond the point of being bothered by something so insignificant. ... Ernest Hemingway has a very unique ...

• Word Count: 976
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Throughout the novel, In My Father"s House by Ernest J. ... His refusal to allow Martin access to his son might not have happened a few short years ago when the entire nation felt the influence of King. ... I understood that every battle had importance for them but I also felt that they could have been more understanding and supportive of a man that had brought them so far. ... Viewing this novel as a piece of history and it's characters as being representative of people living and working in those times helped me see the last few years of the civil rights movement more clearly. ...

• Word Count: 916
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School