ENG 125

500 words.
What is learnt about attitudes towards marriage in Act 1 in The Importance of Being Earnest?

ENG 125 - The Importance of Being Earnest Act 1

Given the inclement weather today, please review and respond to the following questions for Monday's class.

1. What seems to be the purpose of the conversation between Lane and Algernon in the beginning of the play?
2. Why does Jack lie to Algernon about his relation to Cecily?
3. How does Algernon refer to the double-life that Jack is living?
4. What does Gwendolen mean by saying that they "live in an age of ideals"?

In an essay of at least 500 words, answer the following:
What does "earnest" mean in the play? In your response carefully consider which characters seem more "earnest" than others.

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Big Daddy Kane -- Anderson's favorite in print -- in New York City in 1988.

Yale University is publishing the Anthology of Rap. Read Frannie Kelly from NPR and Sam Anderson from The New Yorker's exchange regarding reading rap versus listening. Click here.

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ENG 104 - Sample Classification Essay

Please find attached one of my favourite Classification essays that we will be using in class on Thursday morning. Download it here.