ACT TWO Flashcards
(55 cards)
Gwendolen (on Cecily’s name): “Cecily. What a very ____ name! Something tells me that we are going to be great _____. I ____ you already more than I can say.”
“Cecily. What a very sweet name! Something tells me that we are going to be great friends. I like you already more than I can say.”
Cecily (realizing they are both engaged to ‘Ernest’):
“A ______. May I ask if you are engaged to be married to this young man?”
Gwendolen:
“To _____ Ernest? Yes.”
Cecily:
“So am I.”
“A moment. May I ask if you are engaged to be married to this young man?”
Gwendolen:
“To dear Ernest? Yes.”
Cecily:
“So am I.”
“Personally, I cannot __________how anybody manages to exist in the __________, if anybody who is anybody does. The country always _____me to ________.”
“Personally, I cannot understand how anybody manages to exist in the country, if anybody who is anybody does. The country always bores me to death.”
From the ______ I saw you I _______ you. I felt you were _____ and __________. I am never deceived in such matters. My first ________ of people are __________ right.
Gwen to cecily
From the moment I saw you I distrusted you. I felt you were false and deceitful. I am never deceived in such matters. My first impressions of people are invariably right.
Gwen: ‘’I had no _____ there were any _____ in the _____.’’
Cecily: “Oh, ______ are as common here, Miss fairfax, as _____ are in London”
Gwen: ‘’I had no idea there were any flowers in the country.’’
Cecily: “Oh, flowers are as common here, Miss fairfax, as people are in London”
Cecily: “when I see a ____ I call it a ____.”
Gwen: “[satirically] I am glad to say that I have never seen a ______. It is obvious that are ____ _____ have been quite _______.”
Cecily: “when I see a spade I call it a spade.”
Gwen: “[satirically] I am glad to say that I have never seen a spade. It is obvious that are social spheres have been quite different.”
Both girls: ‘’May I ask— are you _______ to be _________ to this _______ lady?”
Both men: “what could have put such an ___ into your ____ _____ head?”
Both girls: ‘’May I ask— are you engaged to be married to this young lady?”
Both men: “what could have put such an idea into your pretty little head?”
‘’You must not _____ at me, ____. But it has always been a ____ _____ of mine to love someone whose name was ________.’’
‘’You must not laugh at me, darling. But it has always been a girlish dream of mine to love someone whose name was Earnest.’’
miss prism abt jack:
I know no one who has a higher sense of ______ and ______.
I know no one who has a higher sense of duty and responsibility.
miss prism abt jack
Idle ______ and ______ would be out of place in his conversation.
Idle merriment and triviality would be out of place in his conversation.
cecily: I hope it did not end ______? I don’t like ______ that end happily. They ______ me so much.
I hope it did not end happily? I don’t like novels that end happily. They depress me so much.
CECILY.
Miss Prism has just been ______ of a slight ______. I think it would do her so much good to have a short ______ with you in the Park, Dr. Chasuble.
CECILY.
Miss Prism has just been complaining of a slight headache. I think it would do her so much good to have a short stroll with you in the Park, Dr. Chasuble.
MISS PRISM.
Cecily, I have not mentioned anything about a ______.
cec: but I felt ______ that you had a headache.
MISS PRISM.
Cecily, I have not mentioned anything about a headache.
but I felt instinctively that you had a headache.
Were I _______ enough to be Miss Prism’s pupil, I would hang upon her _______. [Miss Prism glares.] I spoke _______.—My metaphor was drawn from _______.
Were I fortunate enough to be Miss Prism’s pupil, I would hang upon her lips. [Miss Prism glares.] I spoke metaphorically.—My metaphor was drawn from bees.
CECILY.
I hope you have not been leading a _______ life, pretending to be _______ and being. really good all the time. That would be _______.
CECILY.
I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being really good all the time. That would be hypocrisy.
CECILY.
Oh, I don’t think I would care to catch a _______.. man. I shouldn’t know what to talk to him about.
CECILY.
Oh, I don’t think I would care to catch a sensible man. I shouldn’t know what to talk to him about.
MISS PRISM.
by persistently remaining _______, a man converts himself into a permanent public _______. Men should be more careful; this very _______ leads weaker vessels astray.
MISS PRISM.
by persistently remaining single, a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation. Men should be more careful; this very celibacy leads weaker vessels astray.
jack: before the end of the _______ i shall have got ____ of him
jack: before the end of the week i shall have got rid of him
[Enter Jack slowly from the back of the _______. He is dressed in the deepest mourning]
[Enter Jack slowly from the back of the garden. He is dressed in the deepest mourning]
CHASUBLE.
Dear Mr. Worthing, I trust this _______. of woe does not betoken some terrible _______.?
CHASUBLE.
Dear Mr. Worthing, I trust this garb of woe does not betoken some terrible calamity?
JACK.
[Shaking his head.] _______.!
JACK.
[Shaking his head.] Dead!
after finding out jacks death:
MISS PRISM.
What a _______. for him! I trust he will _______. by it.
after finding out jacks death:
MISS PRISM.
What a lesson for him! I trust he will profit by it.
chasuble
My _______. on the meaning of the _______. in the wilderness can be adapted to almost any _______., joyful, or, as in the present case, _______..
My sermon on the meaning of the manna in the wilderness can be adapted to almost any occasion, joyful, or, as in the present case, distressing.
What seem to us _______. trials are often _______. in disguise.
MISS PRISM.
This seems to me a _______. of an extremely obvious kind
chsuble
What seem to us bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.
MISS PRISM.
This seems to me a blessing of an extremely obvious kind
chsuble
