Sunday, February 14, 2010

the importance of being earnest paper

to the members in my group here is my a rough draft of my paragraph so please read and review! thanks

Out of all the relationships in the book the most reserved has to be that of Miss. Prism and Rev. Chasuble, both professionals they have a way of not flirting out right but instead using metaphors. An example of this is when Rev. Chasuble says "were I fortunate enough to be Miss. Prisms pupil I would hang on her lips.........I spoke metaphorically". both Miss. Prism and Rev. Chasuble are stereotypes of moralistic characters even their jobs ( a Reverend and a governess) are ones in which a person is expected to set a good example.another thing that is very easy to spot from all their interactions is that they constantly talk like they are trying to impress one another. my guess is that the people of a middle class background would talk like this to try and convince others that they are of a higher class by using more sophisticated dialogue. this shows that people with more education where thought higher of. another thing that gave evidence to the moralistic style is that when Lady Bracknell asks what position Miss. Prism holds in his household Rev. Chasuble Assumes that she is suggesting Miss. prism is sexually involved with him and takes offense. both the characters are easily offended thus reflecting society's high standards.

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