can anyone tell me the comic elements in this play...plz help.urgent!
2007-01-27 23:54:03 · 5 answers · asked by jyothi v 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
It is a play about money and property. In the world of this play it is not enough to have a house on a good street, you must be on the right side of the good street.
The play is definitely comic because it deals with the realities of of upper middle class English existence.
E.g. When being interviewed by his lady friend's dragon of a mother (Lady Bracknel), and asked if he smokes, our hero Ernest says yes, he does. "Good," says Lady B. "I believe a gentleman should have an accupation."
Even upper class breeding must take a back seat to money and property.
Comic? Oh, yes. It's a high comedy of manners, and so well written that over one hundred years after it was first performed, it still appears on stages all over the world.
2007-01-29 07:58:52 · answer #1 · answered by Steve C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well the comic elements are based on the name " Ernest" and the quality of being earnest. It is about confused identity ( John/Earnest and Algenon / Jack ) and silly snobbish young women who think a person's name is more important than other qualities they possess and their pretentious mothers who value social rank and wealth above all else.
2007-01-28 08:03:39 · answer #2 · answered by lizzie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
almost every act in the movie has comedy in it. You have to be subtle and pick it up. Open your eyes!
2007-01-28 08:01:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you read it? Seen it? Isn't it obvious?
2007-01-28 15:31:42 · answer #4 · answered by Duraznita 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's howlingly funny; when you read it, you'll know.
2007-01-28 08:14:40 · answer #5 · answered by shkspr 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋