For my group's essay on the different relationships throughout the book, I'm focusing on the couple of Chausable and Miss Prism. Our thesis for our essay is about how Oscar Wilde uses the various different couples in the book, to satirize marriage and social relationships throughout the novel. I will begin my paragraph by talking about what stands out the most about Chausable and Miss Prism, their age. They're the oldest couple in the play, and consequently, they're very different from Algernon and Cecily, and Jack and Gwendolen.
My first CD is about how Chausable and Miss Prism are less flirtacious than the two other couples. This is a great example of how the older generations tend to be more conserved with eachother. My next CD is about how the couple speak in a slightly high diction. I use this point to show that Chausable and Miss Prism value language, and being very "politicaly correct" more than the other couples. My final point is that out of all the couples, Chausable and Miss Prism are the only ones that have jobs. The other two couples seem to be more foolish, and live a life luxory, while Chausable and Miss Prism seem to be wiser and have higher morals.
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Hey Evan!
ReplyDeleteYour CDs sound really good; it sounds like you're going to have very thoughtful and accurate CMs. It sounds a bit like you are mostly comparing Prism/Chausable to the other couples though, you may want to tie it into the thesis by mentioning satire more. It's tough, I have been struggling with that too :D
I think your parapgraph is after mine, and I'm doing Jack and Gwen, so for a 3-part transition you could do something like, "While Gwendolyn and Jack are older than Algernon and Cecily, the final couple in the play is by far the most mature...." I don't know, just trying to tie into the age thing you mentioned :)