Wilde's genre of choice for The Importance of Being Earnest is the Victorian melodrama, or "sentimental comedy," derived from the French variety of "well-made play". ... In The Importance of Being Earnest, however, this is not always the case, as gender role reversal is a common theme throughout the play, which naturally leads to comedy, as during the Victorian Era in the Aristocratic part of society, gender roles were very firmly set, so when this is reversed an audience would find it funny as it is completely out of social norms. ... The order of pronouns in this st...

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Lampito from Lysisstrata, Lady Bracknell from The importance of being Earnest, and Gary from I Hate Hamlet are all supporting characters and make the plays a little more interesting and humorous. ... In The Importance of being Earnest Lady Bracknell is trying to get Gwendolyn to marry someone from a high class family, and who wouldn't want to marry someone from a family with class and wealth and a good name? ...

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The importance of peace was a recurring theme in Aristophanic comedy; it is mentioned in Acharnians (425BC) and Peace (421BC), although they advised harmony throughout Greece in addition to peace in Athens. ... There is the implication that these flawed leaders are preferable to the present politicians, such as Cleophon and Cleigenes who are taunted with accusations of dishonesty - "he makes up detergents that won't even lather / For he mixes in ashes to make them go farther" and, more damningly, not being of pure Athenian birth - "when once translated from the Thracian". ... In this way,...

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This book will earnestly explain that this nation's history has been an exercise in dishonesty, upon all of its citizens. ... Women give higher importance to security and stability in marriage, while men place the emphasis on emotional satisfaction. ... The reason being that they may reap the benefits that the other cultures of this country have been reaping for years. ...

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Paulo Freire analyses the disadvantages of education with no critical thinking involved in his The Banking Concept of Education which argue the importance of the interaction between the students and the teacher. ... *Another interesting thing that Freire stresses on the importance of problem-posing method is that the desire of questioning everything around us withdraws us from any fatalism imposed on our lives that hinders us from making our own decision, which means, we can finally be in control of our lives. ... Yet it was not necessarily harder, since during the critical thinking process ...

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In response, one luminous streak answers most humbly, "I only do what I believe is obligated of me; respecting the entirety of the world's population, assisting an old acquaintance in as many ways possible, being selfless in all aspects of my life and giving back to the extent I am able to manage, as those less fortunate than me do so much more than I could imagine, and lastly, simply giving a warm smile every now and then, just to present that the contagious happiness of one can give hope to one who is suffering, as everyone suffers in one way or another. ... " At said momen...

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She even subjected herself to a hunger strike after being jailed for protesting in front of the White House in 1917 as part of an effort to get women the right to vote. ... Being involved with fellow writer Lionel Moise she became pregnant out of wedlock and had an abortion. ... Personalists argue for the importance of both body and spirit to understanding the person, thus opens them up to the reality of transcendence. ... Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin believed that every human being should be treated with respect because they too are made in the image and likeness of God. ... "The general pu...

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A trait that is still being carried out by some officers today. ... With that being said, there are different ways in which we can control or reduce Police brutality in the society, the first being Political Action. ... These actions should be taken in earnest so as to retain its relevance and be effective. ... The police academy should be responsible for training and preparing new recruits to handle issues of special importance in particular communities. ... This will allow for officers who are suffering to know that the department and their peers are concerned about their well-being. ...

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In all cultures, human beings make a practice of interacting with what are taken to be spiritual powers. ... The word religion is derived from the Latin noun religion, which denotes both earnest observance of ritual obligations and an inward spirit of reverence. ... By defining religion as a sacred engagement with what is taken to be a spiritual reality, it is possible to consider the importance of religion in human life without making claims about what it really is or ought to be. ... Religions typically hold that human beings have a higher nature that exists in tension with a lower nature, ...

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The first person narration is personal, intimate, and we come to know Jane as a three-dimensional character as opposed to the 'automaton' she feels accused of being. ... Jane's actions in escaping Thornfield after discovering Bertha Mason would have been considered fiercely controversial in context- for a mere governess to cast off her one chance of financial security with a man of such importance would have been out of the question. ... In traditional Brontë style, Lucy is as fearless and self-governing as the heroine accused by critics of being 'godless and unrest...

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"The fact is that the automobile has become hypnotic...the opium of the American people." - Fortune Magazine Table of Contents Introduction The Rise of the Automobile The Styling Redesign The Role of Attainable Pricing for the Masses The Emerging American Obsession The Impact on the Nuclear Family Redefining the American Teenager The Rise of the Hot Rod Culture The Rise of the Excess Culture Baby Boomers and Redesign Converting from Chrome to Muscle The Automobile as Identity Downfall and Decline Conclusion Bibliography Introduction With the end of World War II, the United State...

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