2. comedic elements and how XXXX XXXXXXXXXX themes
XXXXX uses wit, XXXXXXX, farce, and dramatic XXXXX XX XXXXXX XXX absurdity of XXX society.
· epigram (short, witty, XXXXXXXXXXX sayings): these are the XXXXXXX tool for satirizing XXXXXXXXX hypocrisy. they reverse conventional XXXXXX, XXXXXX serious XXXXXX seem silly and silly XXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXX. · XXXXXXXX (XXX i): XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX, “the XXXXX XX XXXXXX pure and XXXXX simple.” XXXXX, he states, “XXX women become XXXX their mothers. that is XXXXX XXXXXXX. no man does. that’s his.” XXXXX epigrams mock XXX XXXX of XXXXXXXX truth and the XXX’s XXXXX XXXXXX XXXXX.· farce &XXX; XXXXXXXXXXX situations: XXX central plot&XXXXX;a XXX XXXXX as a XXXX in a handbag&XXXXX;is wildly improbable. XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXX highlights how XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX status really XX. · evidence (XXX i): lady bracknell’s horrified response XX XXXX’s XXXXXX: “to XX born&XXXXXX; in a hand-bag… XXXXX to XX to display a XXXXXXXX XXX the XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX of family XXXX.” XXX XXXXXXXXX of judging a person’s worth based on the luggage XXXX XXXX found in XXXXXXXXXXX wilde’s critique XX a society built on XXXXXX XXXXX and property.· XXXXXXXX irony (audience XXXXX XXXX XXXX characters): XX know XXXX and XXXXXXXX are XXXX “bunburying,” XXX the women XX not. this XXXXX the XXXXXX of XXX second XXX where XXXX women XXXXX they are engaged to XXX same XXXXXXXXX “XXXXXX.” · XXXXXXXX (XXX ii): XXXXXX writes in her diary XXXXX her engagement XX “ernest” (XXXXXXXX) XXXXXX meeting XXX. XXXX XXXXX XXXXXXX XXXX XXX women XXX in love with a name and an idea, not a XXXX person—XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XX XXX theme XX triviality.
3. how comedy XXXXXX XXX XXXXX
the XXXXXX XX not just XXX XXXXXX; it XX the XXXXXXXX. by making XXXXXXXX and XXXXXX status XXXX XXXXXXXXXX through epigrams XXX farce, XXXXX XXXXXX XXXX victorian XXXXXXXXXXX is hollow. the play’s XXXXXXXX, “a trivial comedy for XXXXXXX people,” is the XXXXX clue: XXX “XXXXXXX” concerns XX society are, in fact, XXXXXXX. the XXXXX ending (jack discovering he truly XX named ernest) is a XXXX XXXX proves XXX XXXXX&XXXXX;a man’s XXXXXX identity and future happiness hinges XX a XXXXXXX name, not XX character.
in XXXXX: XXX XXXXXXXXXX XX being XXXXXXX uses XXXXXXXXXXXXX comedic techniques to demolish the idea that victorian XXXXXXX’s XXXXX XXXXX XXXXXXXX and class XXX important. it XXXXXXX XXXX as XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX, and the XXXX “XXXXXXX” truth XX that XXXXXXXX XX pretending.