This entire play and the charactrs lives that are being depicted seem to be entirely based on lies. Nobody is who they seem... there are fake relations left and right... engagements to nonexisting people... the lies are never ending. They lie to gain their own pleasure, as when Algernon comes up with Bunburying to escape from his relatives. There were also things like epigrams that make up this play. These epigrams about silly facts of life are always philisophically said but have more humorous insights. Then there's the satire of social institutions....how Oscar Wilde makes people in higher social classes extremely snotty. or how he refers to marriage in a negative nature half of the time it is referred to...and the other half is in a very shallow nature. For example, when Lady Bracknell is interviewing Jack too see if he was good enough to marry Gwendolyn. Throughout the play, education is also looked down on as only for the poor and not at all suited for anyone of the upper class. Finally, there's the constant reference to Earnest...the name and the type of character. The interesting thing Wilde di with this, though, is that he would constantly use both of the meanings at once...to put a humorous spin on whatever was being said.
Altogether, Oscar Wilde seems to be saying that dishonesty is okay. No matter how dishonest anyone in the play was, the never got reputed, or punished, in a way shape or form. Instead they were rewarded with marriage, love, and forgiveness. Making for an altogether happy ending.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
My Project Vs. Other Projects
Conor: Picture
This was really a clever way to represent the themes and everything else that was supposed to be represented. The foreshadowing, in my opinion, did not seem present, but the themes were obvious.
Daryl: Picture
The left side of this picture was very clear in my mind. It covered every part that was required, but the right side did not seem necessary.
Olivia: Picture
This picture could have used more effort....but the pig and the person are cute and a lot better drawn than mine would have been.
Joel: Picture
I like this picture, it was very easy to see what the theme was and how things changed through out the story. It did not, though, include everything that was needed.
Galen: Comic Strip
This comic strip was great, i especially liked the pictures and how well they matched the words they were paired with.
Keenan: Comic Strip
I thought it was actually quite funny. The pictures used for the animals conveyed little messages about the theme within themselves which is very creative.
Emma: Picture
This picture would have been very hard to understand without the explanation, and you can tell it was done in a very short time. But with the explanation the pictures were quite clever.
Britta: Poem
This poem clearly represented everything from the theme to foreshadowing. But I believe it recalled so much of the story line that at some points it seemed to be retelling the whole thing.
Meghann: Picture
The picture itself did not explain much, it was the writing that did the most work in this project. But the writing was good so all the points that needed to be made were made.
Porter: Picture
This picture told the storyline more than anything else, foreshadowing was left in the dust along with many other things. The execution of the drawing was very well done though.
Mine and Amaya's Project: Movie
I thought our project did very well at covering every part of the requirements. I also thought the idea of doing a movie makes it very unique when compared to all the pictures that were done by the majority of the class. I do wish we had started it sooner during break though so it could have been more polished and we could take time to do the filming so that my head and amayas fingers weren't in almost every single shot....
This was really a clever way to represent the themes and everything else that was supposed to be represented. The foreshadowing, in my opinion, did not seem present, but the themes were obvious.
Daryl: Picture
The left side of this picture was very clear in my mind. It covered every part that was required, but the right side did not seem necessary.
Olivia: Picture
This picture could have used more effort....but the pig and the person are cute and a lot better drawn than mine would have been.
Joel: Picture
I like this picture, it was very easy to see what the theme was and how things changed through out the story. It did not, though, include everything that was needed.
Galen: Comic Strip
This comic strip was great, i especially liked the pictures and how well they matched the words they were paired with.
Keenan: Comic Strip
I thought it was actually quite funny. The pictures used for the animals conveyed little messages about the theme within themselves which is very creative.
Emma: Picture
This picture would have been very hard to understand without the explanation, and you can tell it was done in a very short time. But with the explanation the pictures were quite clever.
Britta: Poem
This poem clearly represented everything from the theme to foreshadowing. But I believe it recalled so much of the story line that at some points it seemed to be retelling the whole thing.
Meghann: Picture
The picture itself did not explain much, it was the writing that did the most work in this project. But the writing was good so all the points that needed to be made were made.
Porter: Picture
This picture told the storyline more than anything else, foreshadowing was left in the dust along with many other things. The execution of the drawing was very well done though.
Mine and Amaya's Project: Movie
I thought our project did very well at covering every part of the requirements. I also thought the idea of doing a movie makes it very unique when compared to all the pictures that were done by the majority of the class. I do wish we had started it sooner during break though so it could have been more polished and we could take time to do the filming so that my head and amayas fingers weren't in almost every single shot....
Sunday, January 2, 2011
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