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Text 20 - The importance of being earnest

Text 20 - Theimportance ofbeing earnestContexts ofproductionCecily and Gwendolen are havingafternoon tea in the garden of Cecily'shouse. They both believe (Mistakenly)that they are in love with the samemanAudience are fance ofOscar Wilde's workor of literature andplaysAt the start the girls are polite toeachother, although still filled withbitterness, this then moves ontotauning eachother and revealing theirtrue hatredPlay scriptForm andStructureThe purpose isto entertain itsaudienceItalics at the beginning of the textgive the text a sense of place andformality, shows a higher classsettingWordchoiceandGrammarThe long pause written initalics as a stage dircetionhighlights the akwardnessbetween the womenThe interjection andexcplamation markshows Cecily'ssuprise in gwendolinslack of knwledgeabout the countrysideStage directions show howshe speaks aside to theaudience, important as it isunnaturalisticUse of second name basisshow they are not personalfriendsDouble click this nodeto edit the textClick and drag this buttonto create a new node