The Importance of Being Earnest...

Alright so I'm writing my paragraph on the white lies that add up throughout the play and help contribute to our view of victorian society.

I'm going to set this out as a list in the hope that it will be easier to follow.

Topic sentence:

In the play 'The Importance of being Earnest' by Oscar Wilde he uses white lies to satirize, mock and make fun of victorian society and the upper-class in particular.

My concrete details are:

1: Algernon pretends to be confused when all of the cucumber sandwiches are gone after he ate them. (p.18)

2: " Jack: I am a liberal unionist. Lady Bracknell: Oh, they count as Tories. They dine with us." (p.25)

3: Lady Bracknell proceeds to call Cecily attractive only after she becomes aware of the 130 Pound fortune attached to her.

My commentary for the CD's are:

1: This shows that Algernon is a hypocrite, and that he is dishonest and disrespectful of his family because he ate the sandwiches him self. Which contributes to the satirization of victorian society.

2: This shows that Lady Bracknell will change her rules and regulations to suit her own wishes.

It's also funny because it implies that she wouldn't dine with anyone who isn't a 'Torie" ( The nickname given to members of the Conservative party in Britain)

3: It implies morbidly the ridiculous attitude that marriage was second to money in the Victorian Era. It shows how greed governs the lives of the upper class and that marriage was a business rather than a quest. This supports my thesis because it satirizes the upper-class by using white lies.

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