The Importance of Being Earnest (A Trivial Comedy for Serious People) Oscar Wilde said "We should treat all the trivial things of life seriously and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality." ... Jack and Algernon are characters who lie in order to be Ernest, but in doing so they are not being earnest. ... (Act 3 line 436), which says much of Gwendolen's true character. ... The implication is that the aristocracy do not understand the meaning of true love. ... Jack asks the Canon to Christen him if he has "nothing better to do" that afternoon. ...

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He goes on to explain that a little cruelty for those deserving of punishment, for example criminals and malcontents, they suffer alone. Through their suffering, they are also made as an example to display the potential cruelty of the prince so that it instills fear among the subjects. ... He does not make known his true intentions and so his advisers should not be able to convince him to change his mind. The prince should not accept unsolicited advice nor allow his advisers to convince him to change his mind. ... There are no limitation as to what and who God can rule over because he do...

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What does that sentence mean? ... Rural lives are cyclical, dictated by the seasons, and generations within a family would have carried out the same tasks. ... This constant change and transition that is typical of modernity is illustrated especially in terms of the street, with its ever changing crowd. ... The view of a Manhattan street is as important as one of the two major characters. ... How then, can one "do" romance if one doesn't do those tender, mellow moments? ...

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The Romantics believe that society teaches conformity, and it dictates the way people see things. ... Edna is also free from the burdens of all labor, as she has servants to carry out any necessary tasks. ... Pontellier is punishing his wife for not being a more attentive mother, but he does so in a cruel and condescending manner. ... She does not smother her sons with affection, as the other mothers at Grand Isle do. ... Although she does not realize it yet, these feelings of freedom will drive her to break away from the evils of society. ...

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Nel has an attraction to Sula's environment, which does not have "the oppressive neatness of her home (Morrison 29)." ... They both had something that the other did not. This lack of something is at the core of the character of these girls. ... The Morrison characters are so strong that they risk creating dysfunctional families because they are seldom able to transfer their strength to the generations that follow them. ... Sula would do such things as cut the tip of her finger off to prove her friendship to Nel, which just made Nel feel uncomfortable. ...

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They both blind to the truth by reject the good children and favor the bad ones .All Shakespeare's tragedies has a tragic hero which carried a tragic flaw: For Lear is pride and Gloucester is Lust. ... He let's his anger control his judgment by judging people from the current situation and ignore the things they have done in the past. As we can see, he get a chance to change his decision but rather listen to people who trying to help him, he banished them for questioning in him. ... They could not perceive between good and evil, so they both deceived by their evil children. ... Toget...

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