Need To Go Over Pt1

Question 1

In married life _____ is company and two is ____

Answer 1

Three, None
Epigram, Deception theme, Comedy of Manners
GENDER
ALGERNON ACT 1

Question 2

The truth isn’t _____ the sort of _____ one tells to a _____ refined girl

Answer 2

Quite, Thing, Sweet
Irony, Stereotypical, Deception theme, Farce- complex plot
GENDER
JACK ACT 1

Question 3

You _____ boy! Why, we ____ been _______ for the last three months

Answer 3

Silly, Have, Engaged
Farce- absurd, Power is hers- unafraid to patronise hime, Ingenue/Stock character- does not conform to this
GENDER
CECILY ACT 2

Question 4

Your ________ names are _____ an insuperable _______

Answer 4

Christian, Still, Barrier
Said in unison- Mirroring, Well-made play- neatness and plot fitting together, Farce- next complex plot line
GENDER
GWENDOLEN AND CECILY ACT 3

Question 5

Ever _____ I met you I have admired you ____ than any girl… I have ever ___ since… I ___ you

Answer 5

Since, More, Met
Repetition- loss of control- female in control, Ellipses, Simply funny
GENDER
JACK ACT 1

Question 6

I ____ dared to love you ______, passionately, _________, __________

Answer 6

Have, Wildly, Devotedly, Hopelessly
Does not make sense- Cecily calls him out, Hyperbole/ Farce
GENDER
ALGERNON ACT 2

Question 7

The home _____ to me to be the ______ ______ for the man

Answer 7

Seems, Proper, Sphere
Epigrammatic- comic reversal of typical views, Well-made play- Act 1, ‘All women become like their mothers’- G is becoming like Lady B, Wilde challenges Victorian views of women
GENDER
GWENDOLEN ACT 2

Question 8

Do you _____?

Answer 8

Smoke
Parody of typical ‘parents quizzing the boyfriend’- only cares for social appearance, Comic reversal of what we would expect, Farce
CLASS
LADY B ACT 1

Question 9

In _______ of grave importance, style, not _________, is the vital thing

Answer 9

Matters, Sincerity
Comic reversal, Social satire, Gwendolen sounds like her mother
CLASS
GWENDOLEN ACT 2

Question 10

Really, if the _____ orders don’t set us a good _______, what on earth is the use of them?

Answer 10

Lower, Example
Subversive
CLASS
ALGERNON ACT 2

Question 11

Your ________ names are on insuperable barrier

Answer 11

Christian
Gwendolen and Cecily said in unison after Algernon and Jack apologised, Mirroring- shallowness of upper class, Social satire- helps Wilde point out society’s flaws, Subversive- lack of respect for Victorian churches
CLASS
GWENDOLEN AND CECILY ACT 2