ENGL 100 Lecture 16: Literary Studies Week 16
21 Mar 2017
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Elements of aesthetic farce in this play: perfectly timed exits and entrances, line 459 act 1. Jack responding to the name earnest causes confusion for readers. Jack explains that he is jack in the country and earnest in the town: created the identity to get away from home. Bunbury = algernon: also, has a double identity. Jack has no parents which is a problem for him. He cannot get permission to marry gwendolyn because her au(cid:374)t does(cid:374)"t appro(cid:448)e of hi(cid:373) (cid:374)ot ha(cid:448)i(cid:374)g parents. Earnest must reveal that his not is not truly earnest to gwendolyn. Language affects reality: ri(cid:272)hard (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)a(cid:374)ds for hasti(cid:374)gs" head to (cid:271)e (cid:272)ut off a(cid:374)d it is (cid:894)ri(cid:272)hard iii(cid:895) Jack saying that he will kill his alter ego earnest, but because it is not a real person this use of language is different than that in richard iii. Gwendolen has a need to marry someone named earnest shows the importance of language.
