I once met a retired Notre Dame English professor who said, “Grading student essays is penance for sin.”
Ha ha ha. It’s so true.
A long time ago I had to write this essay for my high school Drama class. Following regular procrasticnation protocol, I waited until the day it was due to start. But my telemoonfa side kicked in, making me finish it in a record time of less than five minutes. If memory serves me correctly, I originally received an F, 47 %, but then I argued with Mrs. Butler, the teacher, up to a D. Looking back, this is definitely one of my best essays in that class. Take notes, readers, because this is ideal laziness-induced essay.
By the way, the essay has five paragraphs, each with five sentences. That's very important.
The Importance of Being Earnest Essay
The play The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde is a satire. A satire pokes fun at an institution. This play’s social merit is good. It makes valid social criticisms. Here is why I think so.
This a good play because it talks about important stuff like Bunburying. “Yes, poor Bunbury is a dreadful invalid.” (page 298) Algernon makes up an imaginary brother named Bunbury who is sick all the time to get out and into things. Bunbury is not real but some people think he is.
This satire pokes fun at dating and marriage and stuff. It is funny. Algernon wants to marry Cecily. Jack wants to marry Gwendolen. They both make up imaginary people to help them.
Lady Bracknell is a person in the play. She pokes fun at an institution. The instituition she pokes fun at is marriage. Algernon is also good. So is Jack.
In conclusion, the play pokes fun at an instituition. Jack and Algernon are funny in the play. That makes the play. The play is so funny that it made people laugh. People hope everyone will be happy in the play.
The End
Mrs. Butler wrote,
Telemoonfa, This is a “skimpy” paper that does not focus on a central thesis. You also have no quotations to support your ideas.
Ha ha ha.
Sincerely,
Telemoonfa
3 comments:
To write such a paper in one's youth is carelessness; to reprint it as an adult is stupidity.
And to comment cruelly on said reprinting is...what? Wise?
The Boid
i always loved that play
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