ENGL 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Metonymy, Foundling Hospital, The Woman Suffers
4 Apr 2018
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The importance of being earnest, part 1 review: this is a play which turns on plot mechanics and we will be focusing on some of these. Decadence: a decline in moral and forma standards, low moral seriousness and tone. Social conduct: as shown through food which represents sexuality and indulgence. Victorian etiquette: it becomes a moral basis in an attempt to conflate external social performances with internalized ethical qualities. Wilde (cid:396)e(cid:448)eals the i(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:396)talit(cid:455) of the (cid:272)ha(cid:396)a(cid:272)te(cid:396)s" a(cid:272)tions through the manners exemplified in the private sphere of decorum-afternoon tea. Resists conflation of morals and manners that victorian etiquette books profess and encourage in their didactic instruction. If you neglect these little details at home and in private, they will be performed awkwardly and with an air of restraint when you are in company. By making them habitual, they will become natural and appear easily, and sit gracefully upon you.
