https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk One Question Per ACT en-us 2018-02-27 14:12:21 UTC 2025-11-21 09:55:45 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236002850 Act 1: Why might it be important for Gwendolen Fairfax to marry a man named 'Ernest'? What can we can conclude about her character from this speculation?
Act 2: Why did Cecily create this relationship with Earnest without ever meeting him? Why was is it so important to her to do these things?
Act 3: Could we say Jack really was being 'Ernest' during the entire play after discovering the truth about his origins?]]> 2018-02-27 17:00:44 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236002850 https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236501085 1) Jack Worthing creating the persona “Ernest” helps him escape social obligations in what way?
2) How does Wilde use comedy when Cecily and Gwendolen find out the truth about both Jack and Algernon?
3) Define how “Bunburying” is used in the play and it’s significance.]]> 2018-02-28 16:34:10 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236501085 https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236540469 Act 1: What role does creating nonexistent people play in the story at this point and how do the two situations contrast?

Act 2: Why does Cecily, being inexperienced in the world, find it so simple to be engaged to someone she's never met?

Act 3: How does Cecily's and Gwendolen's reaction to being ignored shape their characters and what does it say about women of the time period?

]]> 2018-02-28 17:28:45 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236540469 https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236571263 1.what is the irony in the relationship with jack and his lover? What does this mean?
2) What are the four main characters' relationships to reality? How do they cope, romanticize, or escape from it?
3) By the end of the play, has Jack really learned the importance of being earnest? Why or why not?]]> 2018-02-28 18:14:00 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236571263 https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236571320 How does Wilde use the subject of cucumber sandwiches to reveal the
characters of Jack and Algernon?

In the end, why doesn't Cecily care that Algernon's name isn't Earnest?



]]> 2018-02-28 18:14:07 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236571320 https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236580041 ACT 1: What qualities does each of the characters exemplify? How does this tie into Wilde's criticism of Victorian society?
ACT 2: What is the purpose of Gwendolen and Cecily's fickle nature and misunderstanding? What is Wilde trying to say about Victorian society?
ACT 3: Is being earnest truly important? Why or why not?]]> 2018-02-28 18:27:17 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236580041 melissa_segovia https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236591191 1. What forms of satire does Oscar Wilde utilize in this play?
2. By the end of the play, has Jack really learned the importance of being earnest?
3. What is the girls fascination with the name Earnest?]]> 2018-02-28 18:42:23 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236591191 https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236617236 -How are manners applied in The Importance Of Being Earnest?
-At the end why doesn't Cecily care Algy isn't Earnest? What changed her reasoning?
-What is Jack Worthing's role in the play The Importance Of Being Earnest?]]> 2018-02-28 19:18:35 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236617236 https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236663226 1. ]]> 2018-02-28 20:30:48 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236663226 https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236671128 1. What do we learn about Mrs.Prism and Cecily through their opening conversation?
2. What is Cecily implying in her reasoning for not enjoying her German class?
3. What can be said about Jack's concern for Cecily's marriage to Algernon?]]> 2018-02-28 20:47:31 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236671128 https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236671528 Why do you believe Algernon doesn’t give his consensus for the marriage of Earnest and Gwendolyn? Act 1
 
What do Gwendolyn and Cicily discover together? Act 2

What does it mean to be Earnest? Act 3





]]> 2018-02-28 20:48:32 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236671528 https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236672520 1. ]]> 2018-02-28 20:51:16 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236672520 https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236674640 Act 1: What is the purpose of using Bunbury being written in as a character for Algernon? 
Act 2: Why has Cecily created a entire false relationship with Ernest in her mind?
Act 3: What is the significance of Jack's final realization at the end? ]]> 2018-02-28 20:57:02 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236674640 https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236677670 1. How can the play be classified as a comedy of manners?
2. What does it mean to be earnest? 
3. Towards the end of the play, why does Cecilys perspective change on Algernons name?]]> 2018-02-28 21:05:29 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236677670 https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236687332 1:Who's job does Algernon believe it is to demonstrate good behavior to everyone else?
2:What does Cecily believe to be the reason Jack is upset with Algernon?
3:After hearing about whether or not Cecily has a fortune, what does Lady Bracknell tell Cecily to call her?]]> 2018-02-28 21:31:00 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236687332 https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236787661 Act 1: What can be inferred of Algernon's morals within the Victorian era?

Act 2: How has "Earnest"' changed from Act 1 to Act 2, how is his character perceived?

Act 3: How do Cecily's and Gwendolen's characters differ, how do they compare? ]]> 2018-03-01 06:42:43 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236787661 https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236864494 Act I 

Was Lady Bracknell actually pleased to hear how Jack knew nothing? How do you know?

Act II

Why is Algernon clueless when Cecily is telling him about their engagement?

Act III

What types of irony are being used in the final act?

]]> 2018-03-01 12:46:03 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236864494 https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236891934 1.Oscar Wilde's play is established through a heavy use of irony. How do the different types of irony build on the narrative specifically in Act 1?
2. How is the time period of The Importance of Being Ernest publication presented in the play? Is the time period contrasted or similar?
3. What is the purpose of Jack being allowed to marry only after obtaining a form of family]]> 2018-03-01 13:48:20 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236891934 https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236892487 Act 1) How is the relationship between Algy and his aunt unusual based on that time periods society standards?
Act 2) Why does Cecily do not want to learn German and how is this seemed as something unheard of?
Act 3) How does Jack feel towards the end of act 3]]> 2018-03-01 13:49:15 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236892487 https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236893689 Act 1: What is the irony in the name Ernest for a fake brother?
Act 2: In what ways are Jack and Algy alike?
Act 3: As a result of Jack's family epiphany, what is the importance of being earnest?]]> 2018-03-01 13:51:16 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236893689 https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236909052 1. How is it ironic that Jack is also known as Ernest?
2. When Cecily tells Algernon about their engagement why is he clueless?
3. What is Jack's final significance or symbol in the play The Importance Of Being Earnest as a whole?

]]> 2018-03-01 14:17:10 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/236909052 https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/237005349 Act 1: What is so important about the opening scene?
Act 2: What does the cigarette case reveal about about Jack?
Act 3: What is ironic about the play's ending?]]> 2018-03-01 16:23:04 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/237005349 https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/237005966 How does the name Ernest relate to the characters personalities?

For what reason does Ernest’s proposal to Gwendolen get rejected by her mother?

• How does the the false Ernest cause problems with society?

]]> 2018-03-01 16:23:50 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/237005966 https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/237197709 1.How is the relationship between the Aunt and Algernon weird. Is it because of the time this takes place?
2.Does the time this play take place help explain the plot of the story?
3. What is the satire based on in this play?]]> 2018-03-01 21:25:26 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/237197709 https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/237232151 1.  What is the irony of the characters wanting to be 'Ernest'?
2. what is the tone between Cecily and Gwendolen when they first meet? 
3.  What is it in the era IOBE is written that Lady Bracknell doesn't permit Jack to marry Gwendolen?]]> 2018-03-01 23:50:16 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/237232151 https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/237469253 Act 3: What do Jack and Algernon do to get around the name problem?

Act 2: What evidence supports that Aunt Augusta and Lady Bracknell are the same person?

Act 1: What is the meaning of the word bunbury/bunburyist ?


]]> 2018-03-02 16:09:03 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/237469253 https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/237619342 1) What do the two identities of Jack reveal about Jack and his goals?
2) How is the exposure of Jack's secret expressed by Wilde?
3) What role does identity play as a whole?]]> 2018-03-02 21:25:50 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/237619342 https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/237620195 1. Algernon expresses sarcasm when talking about marriage. What is Wilde suggesting about the nature of marriage in Victorian society?
2. Why are Gwendolen and Cecily so obsessed with the name Ernest? What is Wilde suggesting?
3.  How did the two couples end up? What role did honesty play in these relationships and their outcomes?]]> 2018-03-02 21:29:08 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/237620195 https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/237620202 1. What are some examples of satire demonstrated throughout Jack and Algernon's conversation?
2. Why is it important for Cecily to keep a diary? 
3. What big revelation happens between Gwendolyn and Cecily that causes them to argue against each other? ]]> 2018-03-02 21:29:09 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/237620202 https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/237622489 1) Why is it ironic when Algernon eats all the cucumber sandwiches?
2) Why is Earnest 'The best name'?
3) Are any of the characters truly 'Earnest' at any point in the play?]]> 2018-03-02 21:39:04 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_segovia/py4raxhgoalk/wish/237622489