In my opening sentence I incorporated ideas from the other paragraphs as well as my own. I don't have a conclusion sentence yet that ties everything together, any ideas?
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Earnest: Group Essay.
My group has the topic of satire on social institutions. My five part paragraph is on marriage, and how it was seen as a business deal to heighten a person's social standing. My first CD is when Algernon says that he considers proposing business, not pleasure.(30) I talked about how Wilde is making fun of the upper class for being shallow and marrying for reasons other than love. My second CD is when Algernon says three is company and two is none.(37) I elaborated on that by saying that in married life people are never satisfied with just their spouse and they need to find pleasure elsewhere. My third CD is when Lady Bracknell says she would never undeceive her husband. (94) She thinks it would be wrong to be truthful because it would cause conflicts. Wilde is pointing out the lack of respect spouses showed towards each other and how much they depended on lies and deceit.
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The quote about buisness and pleasure that algernon uses really shows the satire of the institution of marrige, and good commentary to go along with it. The way you added hints into how Wilde was showing the upper class their faults (our thesis) was very clever and thoughtout. For your conclusion wrap up on how the victorians we're decietful and wrong in their marriges. Nice Job Erika!!!!!
ReplyDeletegreat start, a little expansion and itll be great
ReplyDeletejust make sure you dont over use business deal for the first cd
for the conclusion wrap up mostly your part.
you dont need to wrap up the whole thing
thats the conclusions job
something like "this clever use of satire by wilde shows this and this and this..." something that wraps up your part without being to broad
sounds great