Tuesday, 4/29 - Back in the Proverbial Saddle

• P&P

• Extended Chapel Schedule today - Senior Chapel

• If you don't see a GUM assignment, then work on your CWP Q4 dialogues (see yesterday's post for details) for a few minutes before class begins.

• TIBE PDF.

• Back into Wilde.  Below is an example of what I'm looking for regarding your six quotes from TIBE:

• 1. As you read each act, identify two quotes (or snippets of dialogue) that you think criticize Victorian values and/or institutions (total of six quotes).  
  1. (Who are the characters?) What is/are the character(s) saying?  
  1. e.g. Jack: "Gwendolen, it is a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his life he has been speaking nothing but the truth. Can you forgive me?"
  2. Here, Jack is oddly asking forgiveness for having deceived Gwendolen by living a "lie." 
  2. What do you think the playwright (Wilde) is possibly saying through the quote? 
  1. Although Jack ironically deceived Gwendolyn with the truth, it is a deception nonetheless. His "truthfulness" was null and void, since it was his intent to deceive. Wilde uses this comical irony to illustrate the sad reality that  relational infidelity was all too common in Victorian society. Realistically, Jack's deception would have the appearance of truth but be deception below the surface. Wilde reveals the ubiquity of Victorian duplicity through this reversal.