TIOBE: Act 1 Quotes

Question 1

Algernon: “If the _____ orders don’t set __ a good example, what on earth is ___ ___ __ ____?”

Represents a ______ between social classes

Answer 1

Algernon: “If the lower orders don’t set us a good example, what on earth is the use of them?”

Represents a paradox between social classes

Question 2

Algernon: “The ___ is rarely ____ and _____ ______.”

Irony because Algernon also disguises the ____.
This sets up the _____ ___.

Answer 2

Algernon: “The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”

Irony because Algernon also disguises the truth.
This sets up the complex plot.

Question 3

Gwendolen: “The old-fashioned ______ for the _____ is fast dying out.”

Could show how Gwendolen represents the idea of the ___ _______ and how they are ___________.
It is quite _____ because traditionally, the young should ____ the old.

Answer 3

Gwendolen: “The old-fashioned respect for the young is fast dying out.”

Could show how Gwendolen represents the idea of the new woman and how they are independent.
It is quite ironic because traditionally, the young should respect the old.

Question 4

Lady Bracknell: “You can hardly imagine that I and Lord Bracknell would dream of allowing our only daughter - a ____ _______ __ ____ ___ _______ ___ - to marry into a _______, and form an alliance with a parcel?” ‘sweeps out in ______ ________’

Answer 4

Lady Bracknell: “You can hardly imagine that I and Lord Bracknell would dream of allowing our only daughter - a girl brought up with the utmost care - to marry into a cloakroom, and form an alliance with a parcel?” ‘sweeps out in majestic indignation.’

Question 5

Gwendolen: “But your _____ is ______”

Answer 5

Gwendolen: “But your name is Ernest.”

Question 6

Jack: “Oh that is _______ ____, you never talk anything but ________.”

Also used in Act 2

Answer 6

Jack: “Oh that is nonsense Algy, you never talk anything but nonsense.”

Also used in Act 2