Wit:The humor in this play is presented as a comical farce. The unknown truth creates suspense while the characters get lost in deceptions.
Absurdity: "You are perfectly right in making some slight alteration. Indeed, no woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating..." (p.180) Lady Bracknell approves of Cecily's disguised age, this expresses her superficial views on love.
Social Convention: The characters all gather at the end of the play for a grand conclusion to reveal the truth about everybody's relations.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
The Imporatance Of Being Earnest- LRJ #3
Wit:
Wilde uses ridiculous situations to create a comical tone. Dramatic irony also used to entertain the audience and give more humor to the circumstances.
Satire:
This play uses satire, to make a point about the oblivious characters using irony."I am glad to say that I have never seen a spade. It is obvious that our social spheres have been widely different."(p.165)
Farce:
Mistaken identities serve as a theme in this farce."I am afraid you must be under some misconception. Ernest proposed to me exactly ten minutes ago"(p.164) This quote is from when Cecily and Guendolen both believe they have both been proposed to by a man named Ernest.
In Act 2 Oscar Wilde uses an an assortment of literary elements to present Victorian society. In this section the plot comes together in a clash of confusion.
Wilde uses ridiculous situations to create a comical tone. Dramatic irony also used to entertain the audience and give more humor to the circumstances.
Satire:
This play uses satire, to make a point about the oblivious characters using irony."I am glad to say that I have never seen a spade. It is obvious that our social spheres have been widely different."(p.165)
Farce:
Mistaken identities serve as a theme in this farce."I am afraid you must be under some misconception. Ernest proposed to me exactly ten minutes ago"(p.164) This quote is from when Cecily and Guendolen both believe they have both been proposed to by a man named Ernest.
In Act 2 Oscar Wilde uses an an assortment of literary elements to present Victorian society. In this section the plot comes together in a clash of confusion.
The Imporatance Of Being Earnest- LRJ #2
The problems faced by the characters in this play seem to represent the absurdity of Victorian society. Jack and Algernon both have too find a scapegoat in order to have a balanced life. "The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility!" (p.122)
Gwendolen and Lady Bracknell portray women upper class women in the 1890's. Lady Bracknell doesn't consider the aspect of love when forbidding Jack from marrying her daughter. Her views on marriage are old fashioned. She is unwilling to look past petty flaws that her potential son-in-law possess.
Gwendolen and Lady Bracknell portray women upper class women in the 1890's. Lady Bracknell doesn't consider the aspect of love when forbidding Jack from marrying her daughter. Her views on marriage are old fashioned. She is unwilling to look past petty flaws that her potential son-in-law possess.
Friday, May 8, 2009
The Importance Of Being Earnest- LRJ #1
Algernon's has hostile and bitter views towards marriage. His negative attitude towards Jacks proposal expresses his feelings on the topic. "I really don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty. If ever i get married, Ill certainly try an forget that fact." (p.118) This quote shows the way he feels about the importance of keeping the romance alive in a relationship. He seems to think marriage is a commitment that ruins the excitement of love.
The tone between Jack and Algernon is argumentative yet playful. Though their views on marriage are very different they discuss the topic with contrary points. " I have no doubt about that, dear Algy. The Divorce Court was specially invented for people whose memories are so curiously constituted." (p.118) Algernon is rather critical of Jacks choices, but Jack is consistent in his rebuttals.
The tone between Jack and Algernon is argumentative yet playful. Though their views on marriage are very different they discuss the topic with contrary points. " I have no doubt about that, dear Algy. The Divorce Court was specially invented for people whose memories are so curiously constituted." (p.118) Algernon is rather critical of Jacks choices, but Jack is consistent in his rebuttals.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Atsumori Commentary
Ella Thomson
Ms. Peifer
10IB Period 4
May 5, 2009
Short is the way that reads
From the sea of Suma back to my home
This little journey, up to the hill.
And down to the shore again, and up to the hill-
This is my life, and the sum of hateful tasks.
If one should ask me
I too would answer
That on the shore
I live in sadness
Yes if any guessed my name
Then might I too have friends
But now from my deep misery
Even those that were dearest
Are grown estranged. Here must I dwell abandoned
To one thoughts anguish:
That I must dwell here.
(Zeami Motokiyo 26-41)
This play by Zeami Motokiyo is a great example of Japanese Noh Theater. This specific excerpt compares the life of the Reaper to a journey though depression. Motokiyo gives this character a melancholy attitude. This section expresses his solitude, and pessimistic view on life.
The section begins with the lines: “Short is the way that reads From the sea of Suma back to my home This little journey, up to the hill. And down to the shore again, and up to the hill- This is my life, and the sum of hateful tasks.” This quote describes a short distance traveled routinely, which is also a deeper metaphor for the way he feels about the path he took in life. The ups and downs of life act as a theme, for this part of the play.
He goes on to imply that his misery keeps him alone, even if someone were to reach out a hand for help he’s already to deep in sorrow to be saved. This character is lost in depression: “Here must I dwell abandoned To one thoughts anguish: That I must dwell here.” This use of parallelism shows how he how he is unhappy just by the thought of being unhappy.
The context of this excerpt fits into the plot in the play. As an individual work this section portrays a meaningful presentation of poetic Japanese writing.
Ms. Peifer
10IB Period 4
May 5, 2009
Short is the way that reads
From the sea of Suma back to my home
This little journey, up to the hill.
And down to the shore again, and up to the hill-
This is my life, and the sum of hateful tasks.
If one should ask me
I too would answer
That on the shore
I live in sadness
Yes if any guessed my name
Then might I too have friends
But now from my deep misery
Even those that were dearest
Are grown estranged. Here must I dwell abandoned
To one thoughts anguish:
That I must dwell here.
(Zeami Motokiyo 26-41)
This play by Zeami Motokiyo is a great example of Japanese Noh Theater. This specific excerpt compares the life of the Reaper to a journey though depression. Motokiyo gives this character a melancholy attitude. This section expresses his solitude, and pessimistic view on life.
The section begins with the lines: “Short is the way that reads From the sea of Suma back to my home This little journey, up to the hill. And down to the shore again, and up to the hill- This is my life, and the sum of hateful tasks.” This quote describes a short distance traveled routinely, which is also a deeper metaphor for the way he feels about the path he took in life. The ups and downs of life act as a theme, for this part of the play.
He goes on to imply that his misery keeps him alone, even if someone were to reach out a hand for help he’s already to deep in sorrow to be saved. This character is lost in depression: “Here must I dwell abandoned To one thoughts anguish: That I must dwell here.” This use of parallelism shows how he how he is unhappy just by the thought of being unhappy.
The context of this excerpt fits into the plot in the play. As an individual work this section portrays a meaningful presentation of poetic Japanese writing.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
LRJ #1- A Modest Proposal
Swift address many issues using humor as a device to exaggerate a point beyond extremes. This use of irony is intended to present the problem in a way that reveals its ridiculousness.
In A Modest Proposal Swift proposes that the issue of poverty would be solved in Ireland if everyone ate their children. He goes into great detail of how this system would work. Here he says how good pork: "which are no way comparable in taste or magnificence to a well- grown, fat, yearling child, which roasted whole will make a considerable figure at a lord mayors feast or any other public entertainment" (Swift p.5)
Eating children is obviously a sick and wrong concept, but the intentions of the article is not to argue whether or not this method is morally correct. Swift's convincing argument is really meant to express frustrations towards Ireland's politics. It is addressed that Ireland is completely subject to England's power. Ireland little effort to fight back is shown through the example of poverty stricken families desperate attempt to find food. This article is affective in the sense that satire is used to the advantage of the theme.
In A Modest Proposal Swift proposes that the issue of poverty would be solved in Ireland if everyone ate their children. He goes into great detail of how this system would work. Here he says how good pork: "which are no way comparable in taste or magnificence to a well- grown, fat, yearling child, which roasted whole will make a considerable figure at a lord mayors feast or any other public entertainment" (Swift p.5)
Eating children is obviously a sick and wrong concept, but the intentions of the article is not to argue whether or not this method is morally correct. Swift's convincing argument is really meant to express frustrations towards Ireland's politics. It is addressed that Ireland is completely subject to England's power. Ireland little effort to fight back is shown through the example of poverty stricken families desperate attempt to find food. This article is affective in the sense that satire is used to the advantage of the theme.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Rosalind- Act #5
This play concludes in a large wedding and a happy ending for all the couples. The themes are addressed for the final time as country vs. city life is debated. At this point the men seem to be aware of Rosalind's games and all of loves confusion is sorted out through the universal solution of marriage. Rosalind then gives the grand epilogue which she explains the is nontraditional in the sense a women performs it. In the Epilogue she addresses the audience frequently and asks their opinions in rhetorical form. "It is not the fashion to see the lady the epilogue, but it is no more unhandsome than to see the lord the prologue. If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 'tis true that a good play needs no epilogue. Yet to good wine they do use good bushes, and good plays prove the better by the help of good epilogues. What a case am I in, then, that am neither a good epilogue nor cannot insinuate with you in the behalf of a good play. " (5.6.196-204) The epilogue seems appropriate for Rosalind's character because it ties in the unexplained aspects of the play.
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