Gwendolen In Act 1 Flashcards
(9 cards)
1
Q
What does Gwendolen say when Lady Bracknell asks her to move?
A
- “I’m quite comfortable where I am”
2
Q
What egotistical comment does Gwendolen make which is somewhat ironic given the context?
A
- “I am never wrong”
3
Q
What does Gwendolen command Jack to not do?
A
- “don’t talk to me about the weather”
4
Q
What does Gwendolen say that foreshadows both Lady Bracknell’s actions in this Act and in Act 3?
A
- “Mama has a way of coming back suddenly into a room”
5
Q
What does Gwendolen say about the age in which they live?
A
- “in an age of ideals”
6
Q
What is Gwendolen’s ideal?
A
- “my ideal has always been to love some one by the name of Ernest”
7
Q
What does Gwendolen say that makes their romance feel performative?
A
- “I hope you will always look at me just like that, especially when there are other people present”
8
Q
What does she say which makes it seem as though she doesn’t genuinely care if things between them go wrong?
A
- “I may marry some one else and marry often… nothing can alter my eternal devotion to you”
9
Q
What stage direction could be seen as comedic?
A
- “[She and Jack blow kisses to each other behind Lady Bracknell’s back]”
