Dishonesty is shown all throughout The Importance of Being Earnest in many ways. Epigrams are used all throughout the play by saying things about life that are the opposite of how they should be. An example could be how they refer many times to marriage and say one who lives for pleasure doesn't get married. There is a lot of satire of marriage. One of many examples talks about how people didn't know each other before they got married. A satire of social class is shown by the rich people being all stuck up and very fake, and the servants boring and rude. There is also much dishonesty in the name Ernest/earnest. Jack lies about being Ernest and having a brother Ernest and Algernon also lies about being Ernest; which are all very un-earnest things to do. The Importance of Being Earnest also shows that to pursue and get pleasure, you have to be dishonest. Jack and Algernon lie about names and what they are doing to be happy.
Through the characters and their speech and actions in the play, dishonesty is portrayed as a regular part of life. He shows that everyone lies and is more likely to lie than tell the truth. He uses dishonesty so much it also causes me to think that he may believe the exact opposite of everything he writes. Maybe he thinks lying is a horrible thing and people do it too much and don't think it's that big of a deal. He wanted to prove a point and send a strong message about society through his play in a fun and entertaining way.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Animal Farm Project Evaluation
1. Grace, Molly, & Sarah made a movie and they did a very good job at portraying animal farm in a correct an entertaining way. They used music to show where the plot changed and did a great job showing corruption of power.
2. Brooke made an interesting song on garage band that showed all of the major events throughout animal farm with light happy music and other more intense music. I think it was a very creative idea and she did a good job.
3. Rachel made a game about animal farm that showed the importance of animal farm through trivia questions. It seemed like a fun game to play and also thought her project was very creative.
4. Alena & Mackenzie made a funny movie and very craft fully used animals in a barn without making it look too fake. They did a good job at showing the evil of Napoleon and things that were going wrong.
5. Olivia thoughtfully wrote a haiku. Although it is short, she showed that Jones is gone and the pigs take over.
6. Melanie made a power point that showed all of the critical points of animal farm along with pictures and music to enhance the project.
7. Kayla made a picture of the animal classes. She did a good job at showing before and after. It really showed how the farm had really changed and the pigs had taken over.
8. Sara made a picture in a creative way that I didn't think of. She did a great job at showing how the farm should look like because of the corruption and I can't believe she made the picture on the computer.
9. Reagan wrote a poem that I loved! It was very creative and she did a wonderful job at portraying animal farm. It showed the "tyranny" through and through in animal farm.
10. D'andra wrote a Poem and I like how she kept repeating the beginning words to create a message. She did a great job at showing what happens in animal farm.
My project: I feel that we did a good job at conveying the literary elements of animal farm and in an entertaining way. Neither of us are super tech savvy and we probably could have tried to find more help on that, but overall I'm happy with the project we made. It was a fun project to do!
2. Brooke made an interesting song on garage band that showed all of the major events throughout animal farm with light happy music and other more intense music. I think it was a very creative idea and she did a good job.
3. Rachel made a game about animal farm that showed the importance of animal farm through trivia questions. It seemed like a fun game to play and also thought her project was very creative.
4. Alena & Mackenzie made a funny movie and very craft fully used animals in a barn without making it look too fake. They did a good job at showing the evil of Napoleon and things that were going wrong.
5. Olivia thoughtfully wrote a haiku. Although it is short, she showed that Jones is gone and the pigs take over.
6. Melanie made a power point that showed all of the critical points of animal farm along with pictures and music to enhance the project.
7. Kayla made a picture of the animal classes. She did a good job at showing before and after. It really showed how the farm had really changed and the pigs had taken over.
8. Sara made a picture in a creative way that I didn't think of. She did a great job at showing how the farm should look like because of the corruption and I can't believe she made the picture on the computer.
9. Reagan wrote a poem that I loved! It was very creative and she did a wonderful job at portraying animal farm. It showed the "tyranny" through and through in animal farm.
10. D'andra wrote a Poem and I like how she kept repeating the beginning words to create a message. She did a great job at showing what happens in animal farm.
My project: I feel that we did a good job at conveying the literary elements of animal farm and in an entertaining way. Neither of us are super tech savvy and we probably could have tried to find more help on that, but overall I'm happy with the project we made. It was a fun project to do!
Extra Credit: New Year's Resolution
(Starting to take more pictures. Picture of my doggy yawning! RAWR)
Saturday, January 1, 2011
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