CliffsNotes on The Importance of Being Earnest
(Sprache: Englisch)
Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest is by far his most-read and most-acted play, popular with both a high school and college audience. This CliffsNotes literature study guide provides theater novices and veterans with a better understanding of Wilde's often-assigned play.
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Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest is by far his most-read and most-acted play, popular with both a high school and college audience. This CliffsNotes literature study guide provides theater novices and veterans with a better understanding of Wilde's often-assigned play.
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The original CliffsNotes study guides offer a look into critical elements and ideas within classic works of literature. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format.CliffsNotes on The Importance of Being Earnest offers a concise look at this Victorian farce, which tweaks the complacency and aristocratic attitudes prevalent among the wealthy upper class of the time. Hidden identities, fierce repartee, underlying passions, and surprises punctuate this lively play.
This study guide shows, through its expert commentaries, just how three sets of lovers clear up mishap and misunderstandings and end up happily ever after. Other features that help you figure out this survey of Victorian social issues includeA close look at the author's life, which itself was rife with scandal and ruin
Summaries and commentaries, act by act
Descriptive character analyses
A character map that reveal key relationships
Critical essays on Victorian views on compassion, religion, marriage, and more
A review section that tests your knowledge, and suggested essay topics
Classic literature or modern-day treasure - you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.
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Life and Background of the PlaywrightWilde's Early Years
Education, Travel, and Celebrity
Marriage and Commercial Success
A Playwright with a Secret Life
Disaster and Ruin
Wilde's Last Years
Introduction to the Play
Introduction
Brief Synopsis
List of Characters
Character Map
Critical Commentaries
Act I--Part 1
Act I--Part 2
Act II--Part 1
Act II--Part 2
Act III
Character Analyses
John (Jack) Worthing
Algernon (Algy) Moncrieff
Lady Augusta Bracknell
Gwendolen Fairfax & Cecily Cardew
Rev. Chasuble & Miss Prism
Critical Essays
Duty and Respectability
The Absence of Compassion
Religion
Popular Culture
Secret Lives
Passion and Morality
Courtship and Marriage
Perpetuating the Upper Class
Class Conflict
CliffsNotes Review
CliffsNotes Resource Center
Index
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Susan Van Kirk
- 2003, 1. Auflage., 72 Seiten, Maße: 21,2 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 0764544616
- ISBN-13: 9780764544613
Sprache:
Englisch
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