Remake of Remake of ACT 1 by Kim Sullivan https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s Answered Q's from Act I en-us 2021-03-04 16:51:39 UTC 2021-03-22 21:47:41 UTC hello@padlet.com How does Algernon find out the address of Jack’s country house? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045924 2021-03-04 16:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045924 Why has Jack kept his life in the country a closely guarded secret from Algernon? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045928 2021-03-04 16:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045928 In Wilde’s view, style is paramount. How does Algernon’s response to Jack regarding cleverness emphasize that? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045932 2021-03-04 16:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045932 Although the conversation seems normal, what is the absurdity of the characters’ concerns about the conditions surrounding Jack’s discovery as a foundling? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045935 2021-03-04 16:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045935 Why does Lady Bracknell conclude that Jack is not a suitable husband for Gwendolen? Why does this matter so much to her? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045939 2021-03-04 16:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045939 In Lady Bracknell’s interview of Jack, she takes a satiric shot at education in England. What does she say of it? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045942 2021-03-04 16:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045942 In Lady Bracknell’s interview of Jack, she takes a satiric shot at education in England. What does she say of it? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045946 2021-03-04 16:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045946 Earlier, we learned that Jack was in love with Gwendolen, and we now learn that Gwendolen is also in love with Jack. What first caused Gwendolen to love Jack? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045950 2021-03-04 16:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045950 We are told that the death of Lady Harbury’s husband has altered her. In what way has our expectation been inverted? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045953 2021-03-04 16:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045953 How are Lady Bracknell and Gwendolen related to Algernon? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045957 2021-03-04 16:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045957 Algernon aims a number of satiric barbs at marriage and “the happy English home.” (Act I) Do you suppose Wilde means any of the cynical comments, or is he simply being funny? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045958 2021-03-04 16:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045958 Why does Algernon call Jack a Bunburyist? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045960 2021-03-04 16:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045960 What, precisely, is a Bunburyist? How are Algernon and Jack both Bunburyists? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045962 2021-03-04 16:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045962 What literary device does Wilde employ in Algernon’s speech to Jack upon learning his name is not Ernest? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045967 2021-03-04 16:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045967 What does Jack have written on his calling card? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045969 2021-03-04 16:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045969 Who is Cecily, and how did Algernon first become aware of her existence? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045972 2021-03-04 16:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045972 What is Algernon’s view regarding romance and marriage? Do you agree? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045975 2021-03-04 16:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045975 What is ironic about Algernon’s response to Jack regarding neighbors when he says, “How immensely you must amuse them”? (Act I) sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045977 2021-03-04 16:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045977 When Jack first appears, he delivers one of Wilde’s many epigrams. How is it true? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045978 2021-03-04 16:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045978 How does Algernon describe Lane’s view on marriage? In that speech, how does Algernon turn conventional wisdom around? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045982 2021-03-04 16:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045982 In the opening exchange between Lane and Algernon, what satiric shot does Wilde aim at the honesty of servants? Is this characterization supported or refuted by the behavior of Lane? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045985 2021-03-04 16:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045985 How does Algernon bring it in as a comment on his piano playing? How else do you see the art versus science analysis used? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045987 2021-03-04 16:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045987 Why are the first two lines in the play examples of inverted expectation? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045993 2021-03-04 16:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045993 At the beginning of the act, what statement of Algernon’s appears incongruous? Why? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045998 2021-03-04 16:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/2w31tg0dpdkgni9s/wish/1270045998