... role in creating the comedy in "The Importance of Being Ernest". Another character that embraces inverted logic as though it was a way of life is Algernon Moncrieff. Algy, as he is called in the play, is the one of biggest contributors to Oscar Wilde's style of writing. He is the one that presents the idea of "Bunburying" in the first place, and sets the stage for all of the controversy that comes ... from it later on. Even though his logic is quite backwards various times in the story, it is always justified in ... The use of epigrams seems to keep the flow of the play moving swiftly. I...

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• Grade Level: High School

... Throughout Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest- various different literary devices are very effectively and skillfully used. Most of these literary devices create a sense of comedy in the book. One that especially puts a light hearted tone into the reading is the inverted logic, which almost every character is guilty of using at one time or another. Just when you think you know what a character is going ... huge role in creating the comedy in "The Importance of Being Ernest-. Another character that embraces inverted logic as though it was a way of life is Algernon Moncrieff. ...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... humour masks its social satire. There is much verbal wit in The Importance of Being Earnest - Algernon to servant, Really, if the lower orders don't set us a good example, what on earth is the use of them? They seem, as a class, to have absolutely no sense of moral responsibility' (Act 1, page 2) In the final act of The Importance of Being Earnest, Jack Worthing says of Miss Prism (who he mistakenly believes to be his long-lost and ... or broken. In contemporary parlance, "character- and "reputation- were nearly synonymous. A person whose reputation was blotted had lost his or her "char...

• Word Count: 1627
• Approx Pages: 7
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• Grade Level: High School