Act Two Flashcards
Which stage directions describe the country at the start of act 2?
‘flight of gray stone steps’
‘cecily is at the back watering flowers’
How does Miss Prism describe Cecily watering flowers?
‘such a utilitarian occupation’
What does Miss Prism say awaits Cecily?
‘intellectual pleasures’
What do Cecily and Miss Prism say about Jack?
‘dear uncle Jack is so very serious’
‘I know no one who has a higher sense of duty and responsibility’
‘idle merriment and triviality would be out of place in his conversation’
What does Prism say of Ernest?
‘irretrievably weak and and vacillating’
What does Cecily ironically say to Miss Prism which relates to the manuscript she has written?
‘how wonderfully clever you are’
Where does Prism first reference the manuscript being lost in place of Jack?
‘the manuscript unfortunately was abandoned’
Which stage direction provides a hint that Prism is a parallel to Lady Bracknell?
‘rising and advancing’
How does Dr. Chasuble first flirt with Prism?
‘if I were fortunate to be Miss Prism’s pupil, I would hang upon her lips’
What does Prism say of Jack’s aim?
‘he is not one of those whose sole aim is enjoyment’
In an exchange between Cecily and Merriman, what is said on Jack’s ‘brother’ Ernest (who is actually Algernon)?
Cecily: ‘did you tell him (jack) Mr. Worthing (Ernest) was in town?’
Merriman: ‘yes Miss. He seemed very much disappointed’
What does Cecily ironically say to Algy when he first arrives?
‘i hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being really good all the time’
What does Algy say about his business appointment?
‘i have a business appointment that I am anxious… to miss.’
What is said of Australia by Cecily and Algernon?
Cecily: ‘uncle jack is sending you to australia’
‘the accounts i have received of the next world, and Australia, are not particularly encouraging’
What does Cecily say Algernon needs when embarking on a new life?
‘when one is going to lead an entirely new life, one requires regular and wholesome meals’
What does Miss Prism say about marriage and herself to Dr. Chasuble whilst Cecily has momentarily disappeared?
‘no man is ever attractive except to his wife’
‘maturity can always be depended on.’
‘ripeness can be trusted’
‘but where is Cecily?’
What does Jack say after he announces Ernest’s death?
‘ah! That reminds me, you mentioned christenings i think, Dr. Chasuble?’
dr chasuble looks astounded
What does Miss Prism say on christenings (who has she spoken to)?
‘I have spoken to the poorer classes on the subject. But they don’t seem to know what thrift is.’
In which jolly manner will Jack go to the christening?
‘I might trot around’
What does Miss Prism say of Ernest’s death?
What does she then say when Algernon is announced to have arrived?
‘this seems to me a blessing of a very obvious kind’
‘his sudden return seems to me particularly distressing’
How does Jack kiss Cecily?
‘kisses her brow in a melancholy manner’
What does Cecily say to Jack on Ernest’s arrival?
What does she then say to Chasuble after Jack and Algy shake hands?
‘you couldn’t be so heartless as to disown him’
‘if you don’t shake hands with Ernest I will never forgive you’
‘my little task of reconciliation is over’
After Jack and Algy shake hands, which quote sees Chasuble as out of touch?
‘it’s pleasant, is it not, to see so perfect a reconciliation’
What does Algy say about his ‘duty as a gentleman’?
‘my duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree’
