Importance Of Being Earnest Movie Vs Play Analysis
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Everyone always says the story is always better than the movie, let’s say it’s always the truth. ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ is a theatrical play about two men Jack and Algy. Jack is a man from the country who lies saying his name is earnest when he goes into the city, he is very in love with Algy’s cousin Gwendolen. Lady Bracknell is Gwendolen’s mothers who very much does not like jack what so ever. Algy is a man in very much debt who ends up falling in love with Jacks ward Cecily, he also has some lies about who is. The whole point of lying about who they both are was to get away from the everyday lives they lived and not worry about being found out. In 2002 this famous play was turned into a movie, sadly though a lot of scenes were …show more content…
In the script everything will take place in Jacks country house and we will be introduced to Cecily and she will meet “Ernest” aka algy who she falls in love with. Meanwhile in the movie they actually took scenes like meeting Cecily and her teacher miss prism and put them early in the movie. They kept Cecily meeting algy in the same place but added scenes of her crazy fantasies to give let you know what she has been dreaming about. Moving meeting Cecily earlier into the movie helps you understand who Cecily is because they do hint a lot about who she is. I love how they added little snip it of what cecily is day dreaming about because they make her seem like a hopeless romantic and it give a little bit of comedy. The script makes you wait to meet her and I mean you can’t automatically add her to a random scene in a play but I would rather it be all in order and not be placed earlier as they did in the …show more content…
Although I will always love the original, the script, the movie was so fun to watch. We got know why lady bracknell is who she is since she apparently was a dancer and got life by having a baby. We found out instead of hugging miss prism got engaged to dr. chasuble which was interesting. Although I want to say what the real change was in the movie compared to the script you got have to watch the movie all the way through. It will be the biggest surprise of your
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how 'the importance of being earnest' is a theatrical play about two men, jack and algy.
- Analyzes how a lot of scenes were added in the movie compared to the script, since they have more time and space. the addiction gives it more life, showing the life of wealthy people at the time.
- Analyzes how in act two a lot is switched and placed in different places in the movie.
- Analyzes how 'the importance of being earnest' is a theatrical play about two men, jack and algy.
- Analyzes how a lot of scenes were added in the movie compared to the script, since they have more time and space. the addiction gives it more life, showing the life of wealthy people at the time.
- Analyzes how in act two a lot is switched and placed in different places in the movie.
- Analyzes how the movie adds comedic scenes to give it more life. miss prism went to see dr. chasuble when he was working and lady bracknell called for her.
- Opines that the importance of being ernest is a delightful play. they compared the script and the movie since they could knit pick it.
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- Analyzes how wilde's "the importance of being earnest" is a play set around 1895 where the protagonist, jack worthing, takes on two identities to avoid social obligations.
- Explains that each character is dressed in a specific way, and that the play was published during the victorian era, which affected their personal decisions for their proper attire.
- Analyzes how women in the victorian era wore tailored suits and ball dresses, reflecting the way of life for the more wealthy.
- Analyzes how wilde's "the importance of being earnest" is a play set around 1895 where the protagonist, jack worthing, takes on two identities to avoid social obligations.
- Explains that each character is dressed in a specific way, and that the play was published during the victorian era, which affected their personal decisions for their proper attire.
- Analyzes how women in the victorian era wore tailored suits and ball dresses, reflecting the way of life for the more wealthy.
- Explains that they designed algernon's flat in a specific way to include the audience and still stick to the script of the play.
- Concludes that designing the set and clothing of the characters had specific guidelines like the time period and what occurs in the play itself. if one did not follow these guidelines, the audience may have gotten confused and become not as interested.
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- Explains that every text is an argument to the audience and every argument is influenced by a text. the importance of being earnest was written by oscar wilde and first performed in 1895.
- Analyzes how wilde's portrayal of the victorian era in the importance of being earnest portrays the high standards and expectations that victorian gentlemen were held to.
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690 wordsRead More - How Important is Being Earnest?analytical essayOscar Wilde is the author of the comedic play, The Importance of Being Earnest, which is a drama about two people who hold double lives trying to be the same person. While Wilde intended for his play to have people filling the theatre with laughter he conveys a deeper meaning. By looking closely at the characters in the play readers can see everyone is very selfish or egocentric. All the events that occur between the characters happen because they are only thinking about themselves. The lives of all the characters mingle together all due to this one character named Ernest who is first created by the character, Jack, for personal benefit. Ernest is spelled different from the word “earnest” which means serious in purpose or sincerity of feelings. Wilde uses this play on words to create a satire on the morals of people during his time period. The characters in the novel do not display earnestness but disrespect. The main characters will find out that being sincere and honest is better for them than lacking respect for others.
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