Figurative Gold In An Ideal Husband

The Gilded Age was a term used in the 1920s and 1930s derived from Mark Twain’s novel of the same name, which mocked an era of serious social problems. Mark Twain and Charles Darwin saw the corruption in the politics, the ineffectiveness of the politicians, the frenzy in the marketplace and the widespread greed among the people. The society showed a huge difference in regard to who had something and who didn’t. Most of the poor and lower middle-class

The main purpose of this theme is to stimulate laughter from the audience. Wilde is able to satirize the upper classes by placing this play in an upper class social setting. This “…requires the audience to accept the world presented on the stage as a real world, a possible world; and its human foibles, even if heightened and exaggerated in the play’s satirical exposure of them…” (Foster 19). Then he fills the characters language with sayings, which make them seem ridiculous. The characters constantly contradict the basic values in their speech. This works to Wilde’s advantage because he wants his play to be funny and not offensive. Raby states “… [i]n his political and aesthetic theory Wilde was both romantic and cynical. In his drama he was both sentimental and satirical” (Raby 26). He could manipulate the audience to think that the play was just a storyline but in reality it was mocking them. Which includes the theme of the irrational upper class; the question arises: what is the importance of being earnest.

The author, Barbara Kingsolver, uses figurative language to establish a tone of wonder in her science essay, Called Out, by using alliteration and simile. Barbara uses alliteration and simile by illustrating, “ Even highway median were so crowded with lupines and poppies that they looked like the seed packet promises come true…” (10-12). She portrays alliteration by using repetitive words such as, poppies, packet and promises. They all repeat the first letter in the words.

The late 19th century and early 20th century, dubbed the Gilded Age by writer Mark Twain, was a time of great growth and change in every aspect of the United States, and even more so for big business. It was this age that gave birth to many of the important modern business practices we take for granted today, and those in charge of business at the time were considered revolutionaries, whether it was for the good of the people or the good of themselves.

The Gilded Age was a time when wealth, opportunity, and climbing the social ladder were open and advertised to every American, from the poorest to the wealthiest. This era consisted of extravagant parties hosted by the richest in America, as well as the uprising of money and job opportunities seen in the increased arrival of immigrants and the evolution of infrastructure transforming the country's farmlands into industrial cities. Although the Gilded Age seemed promising for every U.S. citizen, the events that followed, such as the Chinese Exclusion Act and the Disparity of Wealth, proved that this era of America wasn’t as “golden” as it seemed on the outside. Body paragraph 1: During the early times of the Gilded Age, there was a dramatic

"In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue" is a nursery rhyme that can be heard repeated incessantly by elementary school students in America. It is used to help them remember when Christopher Columbus made his journey to the New World. Something that is conveniently left out of this nursery rhyme is how Columbus lead to the genocide of over a million Native Americans. Columbus is a villain that lead to the genocide of so many Native Americans. Howard Zinn and Arthur Schlesinger both evaluate Columbus’s role in the genocide of the Native Americans, however Zinn provides much better evidence, thus making his article the better of the two.

During the rise of industrialization, the United States had just ended the Civil War and was starting to move on. People had an aspiration at this time to make a more than decent living for themselves, and the economy was at the right spot for this to be possible. This time period in American History is referred to as the Gilded Age, termed by the famous author Mark Twain, which simply means covered in gold; however, Twain did not necessarily mean this in a good way. He believed right under the surface of this gold plating was still problems with the American society that didn’t look so appealing. This essay will discuss how practices during the rise of industrialization during the Gilded Age shaped the American work and labor force.

The Gilded Age was a time in American history, from the 1870s to the 1890s, which ostensibly characterized the country based on its economic and technological advancements. However this era’s development served as a mere facade for the corruption and classism which occurred during the time. From economic manipulation to immorality in politics, the Gilded Age is best characterized by the unscrupulous nature of individuals who sought to attain superficial success.

Themes common to both works include social hypocrisy, the nature of marriage, the proper upbringing of young women, the “natural” superiority of the English over the French, questions of inheritance, the nature of a true gentleman, and debates about the proper role of the church in society, of the imagination, and of writers of novels. Wilde’s play offers very different ideals. In fact, it offers no ideals at all, except its paradoxical commitment to doing without them. As Wilde himself noted, “it has its philosophy . . . that we should treat all the trivial things of life seriously, and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality” (Hart-Davis 196).

Society is considerably the unbeatable illusionist as what we want to see is not consistent to what is truly their. Sometimes when you think you are looking at the affluent with their lavish gold life,underneath that it is a counterfeit as there is a rusty iron soul which is confined by the fraudulent gold .The Gilded Age was a seamless time in history as everyone was living in new luxuries and life just seemed magnificent and majestic for what has been seen in the past decade. All of this was just a whitewash on what true society actually was which was a crumbling economy and a hidden poverty rate. What hid the genuine but poverty-stricken society was that mainstream society itself was becoming more risque and unlawful.the new culture found drinking illicit boozes and carousing with false loves more pleasurable. Due to this new culture many things were lost in this simulation of lust and a bootlegged society such as intimacy and loyalty . In the story “ The Great Gatsby” written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald wrote the truth of the gilded age into his story. The effects of the gilded age are seen throughout the book in Gatsby’s mansion, Gatsby, and Daisy. As soon as the golden gleam tarnishes and the cheap metal once looking swank disappears it shows that all they want is wealth and corruption.

Such as, Marriage, class discrimination, manners and sincerity. Those themes are presented with the Lady Bracknell’s help. Wilde has created, with Augusta Bracknell, a memorable instrument of his satiric wit, questioning all he sees in Victorian upper-class society. With her power and weakness shown, she, as an upper class lady, connects and presents the themes in the play.

In Charlotte Bronte’s novel, Jane Eyre, Bronte seemingly condemns the existing social hierarchy. Not only are the characters who are most concerned with the allure of fortune and rank portrayed as either deceitful or unethical, but even characters who’ve accepted their means of poverty and demonstrate honest moral natures are mocked. Rather than use the normal class structures, the book suggests that a person of impoverished means can be viewed as socially respectable with the condition that they maintain a sincere desire to better both oneself and their means of living.

Wilde states that the aristocracy in the society concerns themselves with petty issues is furthered during this situation with Lady Bracknell who is the epitome of the aristocratic member of the

A person’s name and position in society are significantly important for the upper class, due to the fact that if one were to marry into the family, a key member of the family would judge the person by their social class and the family name they carry to see if they are worthy to being a part of their lineage. In the play, “The Importance of Being Earnest,” a person's social class is highly admired. The main characters are high in society and are falsely appearing to live up to great expectations. In Oscar Wilde’s play, the theme of the social class is extensively explored through the characters, although they are living double-lives.

Louie Decena Jr. Professor Graham English 206 12 July 2015 Playing on the Disinclination of Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Ernest” In Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, Wilde, satirically, opines the earnest concern within Victorian society of the 19th century. He plays with proper social norms of the upper class and openly criticizes the character archetypes of the period through a set of unbelievable coincidences, waggish deceptions, and fallacious identities. The Victorian value for earnestness plays out through the story and provides a reason there exists a duality among the characters to escape the repressiveness of the societal roles.