Ms. Peifer
English 10 IB
May 5, 2009
Algernon
Algernon's ideas on marriage are not very serious. He doesn't see marriage as a very serious thing. He seems to see love as a game and marriage as an end to it. "Good heavens! Is marriage so demoralizing as that!(p.116, Wilde) He would say marriage is demoralizing after what Lane said, "I have often observed that in married households champagne is rarly of a first rate brand."(p.116, Wilde)
The tone of the conversation between Jack and Algernon is of a childish tone, especially Algernon's tone. Algernon is a very clever and playful character. He likes to mess with Jack.
"I thought you had come up for pleasure?. . . I call that business."(p.118, Wilde) Algernon says this after Jack says he came to the city to propose, Algernon finds marriage not very fun as mentioned before and he calls it business. Algernon also fools with Jack about Jack's cigarette box that he had been looking for. "Of course it's mine. You have seen me with it a hundred times, and you have no right whatsoever to read whats written inside.(p.120, Wilde)
1 comment:
Chue Meng,
Well organized. Make sure to incorporate your quotes so they aren't in a sentence by themselves.
Explain relevance of the quotations and cite textual evidence as (Wilde 116).
-Ms. Johnson
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