The Importance of Being Earnest/ Victorian Era research

Throughout the reading of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, there have been a lot of ties to the Victorian Era because that is when the story takes place. Some things that I have noticed about the History of the era and its ties the comedy are that it was common to marry your cousin in the Victorian era. I saw this in the book when Algernon is faking to be Ernest to hit on his cousin Cecily. Nowadays it is really wierd to marry your cousin, so if I didn't know that fact about how it was common to inbreed, I would have been confused.

Another tie I noticed between the history and the book is that there is a big difference between the social classes. This is shown in the book by the way Algernon treats his servant, Lane. Lane brings everything to Algernon on a silver platter, even if it is a small note. He always does what Algernon wants, at any moment. This is because Algernon is higher classed than Lane, so Lane is serving the food instead of getting served the food. Also, the higher class people are alot more respected and distinguished than the lower class people. Which is shown in the book by the way people treat Algernon.

My New Year's Resolution

My biggest downfall at the moment has to be my lack of confidence. Being a freshman at a new highschool has its pressures, of course, and I worry about them too much. I think that if I stop thinking and just go out to do what I know to do because that's the way i have been taught it then I'll do fine. But no, I think of all the ways i could fail. I have to get across my mind that failure is a part of life and that it takes wrong mistakes to make right decisions. I have to be confident that I will succed.

One of the ways that i can do this is by not comparing myself to others, because someone will always be better than myself. I can remember this by posting up clever slogans, proverbs, and Bible verses on my bathroom mirror and bedroom wall. I also need to find friends that are going through or have gone through what I am going through now so that we can help eachother with our struggles.

Thank you for reading my blog. I feel that this was more of a talk to myself rather than a writing to the reader, and I found it useful. Please comment.