Lady Bracknell Act 1 Flashcards
(15 cards)
What demeanour is Lady Bracknell described as having towards Jack in the stage directions?
- “[icy coldness]”
What is an example of a disrupted collocation from Lady Bracknell?
- “she looks quite twenty years younger”
What absurd comment does she make about bunbury?
- “made up his mind whether he was going to live or to die”
What does she not improve of in regards to Invalids?
- “the modern sympathy with invalids”
What does she say a bout french music?
- “French songs I cannot possibly allow”
What does she say about engagements?
- “An engagement should come upon a young girl as a surprise, pleasant or unpleasant”
What is her opinion on Ignorance?
- “Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit”
How does Wilde simultaneously criticise the education system all the while satirising the upper class through Lady Bracknell?
- “education produces no effect whatsoever”
- “serious danger to the upper classes”
What does she say about Gwendolen that is inaccurate?
- “Simple, unspoiled nature”
What presets her as powerful?
- “Both, if necessary”
What does she ask about Jack’s parents?
- “Now to minor matters. Are your parents living?”
What does she say about Jack not knowing either of his parents?
- “to lose both looks like carelessness”
Where was Jack found?
- “A hand-bag?”
What does she say Jack must do if he wants to marry Gwendolen?
- “Produce at any rate one parent”
What sarcastic thing does she say about Jack’s origins?
- “form an alliance with a parcel”
