Remake of ACT 1 by Kim Sullivan https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2 Answered Q's from Act I en-us 2021-03-04 16:51:29 UTC 2021-03-15 14:47:35 UTC hello@padlet.com How does Algernon find out the address of Jack’s country house? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044898 2021-03-04 16:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044898 Why has Jack kept his life in the country a closely guarded secret from Algernon? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044901 2021-03-04 16:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044901 In Wilde’s view, style is paramount. How does Algernon’s response to Jack regarding cleverness emphasize that? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044902 2021-03-04 16:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044902 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/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044904 2021-03-04 16:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044904 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/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044906 2021-03-04 16:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044906 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/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044907 2021-03-04 16:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044907 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/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044908 2021-03-04 16:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044908 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/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044911 2021-03-04 16:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044911 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/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044912 2021-03-04 16:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044912 How are Lady Bracknell and Gwendolen related to Algernon? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044915 2021-03-04 16:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044915 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/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044916 2021-03-04 16:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044916 Why does Algernon call Jack a Bunburyist? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044918 2021-03-04 16:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044918 What, precisely, is a Bunburyist? How are Algernon and Jack both Bunburyists? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044921 2021-03-04 16:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044921 What literary device does Wilde employ in Algernon’s speech to Jack upon learning his name is not Ernest? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044922 2021-03-04 16:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044922 What does Jack have written on his calling card? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044923 2021-03-04 16:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044923 Who is Cecily, and how did Algernon first become aware of her existence? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044925 2021-03-04 16:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044925 What is Algernon’s view regarding romance and marriage? Do you agree? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044926 2021-03-04 16:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044926 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/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044927 2021-03-04 16:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044927 When Jack first appears, he delivers one of Wilde’s many epigrams. How is it true? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044931 2021-03-04 16:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044931 How does Algernon describe Lane’s view on marriage? In that speech, how does Algernon turn conventional wisdom around? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044933 2021-03-04 16:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044933 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/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044935 2021-03-04 16:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044935 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/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044937 2021-03-04 16:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044937 Why are the first two lines in the play examples of inverted expectation? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044939 2021-03-04 16:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044939 At the beginning of the act, what statement of Algernon’s appears incongruous? Why? sullivank17 https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044944 2021-03-04 16:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sullivank17/bop8i3uspl0343g2/wish/1270044944