Friday, February 4, 2011

The Importance of Being Earnest

Choose one to address. Do not duplicate your classmates. :-)

1. How does dramatic irony create humor in The Importance of Being Earnest?

2. Why or how is The Importance of Being Earnest funny? Analyze some aspect of Wildean wit. Is there a difference between being “witty” and being “funny”?

3. How does Wilde use setting to impact the meaning of the work as a whole? (Just give an example - not an entire essay!) ;-)

4. What is the meaning of the work as a whole???? :-)