Part one of term paper
I chose the play Ernest by Oscar Wilde to read and respond to for Theatre Appreciation class. I chose this particular piece for a few reasons, one being that I am familiar with the piece and two being that I see how this piece relates to today's society. The theme of the play seems very cut and dry to me but it may not be to others. All ...

Part two of term paper
... we are not and we create in our own minds these self-images that are purely fantasy. People lie about who they are and where they came from. They make themselves into people they are not. It is truly one our societies ills and it appears to have been a problem in history as well in the eyes of Oscar Wilde. Another theme of the play is that people narrow their choices and trap them into a restricted mind set. The main female character of the work does this. She sets it in her mind that she wil ...