Vocabulary Vocabulary
Elements of Comedy
Satire of the Victorian Age
Oscar Wilde
Plot Development
Character Development
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I hope I guess this question right – I mean, vocabulary is not really my forte.
What is strength?
My sentiments exactly…
What is feelings, emotions, or thoughts?
You have been under my tutelage for almost the entire school year.
What is authority or instruction?
Mr. Worthing, rise from that semi- recumbent position!
What is halfway lying down?
Young Cecily is my ward.
What is someone under legal guardianship?
The type of comedy depends largely on physical comedy.
What is burlesque?
A comedy primarily intended to make people laugh.
What is farce?
This type of character – such as Lady Bracknell – obstructs the relationship of another character.
What is a blocking figure?
In this element of comedy, every single character gets what he or she wants in the end.
What is an all-inclusive resolution?
A plot in which the protagonist, no matter how dissolute, reforms in the end.
What is sentimental comedy?
In the Victorian age, this class paradoxically had more freedom than the other classes.
What is the lower class?
In the Victorian Age, the first born son would inherit the wealth, while the second born son would do this.
What is join the army or become a priest?
This important social interruption usually took place at 4 PM in the Victorian Age.
What is tea time?
This is the British term for an apartment or floor.
What is a flat?
Upper class members of society usually had one house in the country and one house “in town” – here.
What is London?
Oscar Wilde lived during this century.
What is the 19 th century?
Oscar Wilde lived during this era, which was named for the queen of England.
What is the Victorian Age?
Oscar Wilde was sentenced to hard labor in prison for this reason.
What is his homosexuality?
Oscar Wilde was a leader in this movement, named for a word that refers to beauty.
What is the aesthetic movement?
Oscar Wilde was born in this country.
What is Ireland?
This is where Mr. Thomas Cardew found Jack when he was a baby.
What is in a cloakroom at a railway station?
This is the reason that Jack wants to be immediately christened.
What is he wants to make his name Ernest to please Gwendolyn?
The letters from Ernest that Cecily kept in a box tied with ribbons were actually written by this person.
Who is Cecily?
This is Lady Bracknell’s reaction when she discovers that Jack smokes.
What is approval?
This is Algernon’s term for one who creates fanciful stories to get out of societal commitments.
What is a Bunburyist?
“I’ve now realized for the first time in my life the vital importance of being earnest!”
Who is Jack?
“Oh! I killed Bunbury this afternoon. I mean poor Bunbury died this afternoon.”
Who is Algernon?
“Well, to speak with perfect candor, Cecily, I wish that you were fully forty- two, and more than usually plain for your age.”
Who is Gwendolyn?
“To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.”
Who is Lady Bracknell?
“There were no cucumbers at the market.”
Who is Lane?
Act 3 of the play could be considered this type of scene, as characters who have previously had mistaken roles finally discover or reveal their true identities.
What is a recognition scene?