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Prose Summary ; The Importance of being Earnest

Hidayatul N
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Prose 1

University of Respati Yogyakarta 




The Importance of being Earnest

Jack Worthing is the protagonist in the story of The Importance of being Earnest who lives in Hertfordshire where he is guardian to Cecily Cardew, she is granddaughter of the late Thomas Cardew who found and adopted Jack when he was a baby. Jack has responsibilities as the owner of the house and built the peace, with all the numbers of servants that depend on him. For years, he pretended to have responsibility to his brother named Earnest who always pursuit a pleasure and live in trouble. But, in fact Earnest is Jack’s alibi that allows him to go and disappear at a time and does everything as he likes and no one knows his disguise.

Jack is in love with Gwendolen Fairfax, the cousin of his best friend, Algernon Moncrieff. When the play opens, Algernon, who knows Jack as Ernest, has begun to suspect something, having found an inscription inside Jack’s cigarette case addressed to “Uncle Jack” from someone who refers to herself as “little Cecily.” Algernon suspects that Jack may have a double life.

At the beginning of Act I, Jack tells Algernon and announces that he intends to propose to Gwendolen. Algernon confronts him with the cigarette case and forces him to make a confession, demanding to know who “Jack” and “Cecily” are. Jack confesses that his name is not really Ernest and that Cecily is his aunty. Jack also tells Algernon about his fictional brother named Earnest. Jack says he has been thinking of killing off his fake brother, since Cecily has been showing her interest in Earnest.

Gwendolen and her mother, Lady Bracknell, arrive which gives Jack an opportunity to propose to Gwendolen. Jack is delighted to discover that Gwendolen returns his affections, but he is reminded that Gwendolen is interested in the name Ernest, which she says “inspires absolute confidence.” Gwendolen makes clear that she would not consider marrying a man who was not named Ernest. Lady Bracknell interviews Jack to determine his qualification to marry her daughter, and during this interview she asks about his family background. When Jack explains that he has no idea who his parents were and that he was found, by the man who adopted him, in a handbag in the cloakroom at Victoria Station, Lady Bracknell is shock. She forbids the match between Jack and Gwendolen and asked Jack to go out of the house.

The next story, Algernon shows up at Jack’s country estate acts as Jack’s brother Ernest. Meanwhile, Jack has decided that Ernest has died already in Paris and arrives home in deep mourning. He is angry when he finds Algernon there acting as Ernest but he has nothing to say to pretend anymore, because if he does not agreed to Algernon, so his own lies and deceptions will be revealed by Algernon. While Jack changes out of his mourning clothes, Algernon has fallen in love with Cecily, asks her to marry him. He is surprised to know that Cecily already considers that they are engaged, and he is charmed when she says that her interest is with “Uncle Jack’s brother”. Algernon is less interested to learn that part of Cecily’s interest in him comes from the name Ernest, which the same as Gwendolen, she says “inspires absolute confidence.”

Book Report ; David Copperfield (by: Charles Dickens)

Book Report

Name : Hidayatul N
Student : English Literature
Date of submission : 5th May, 2011
University of Respati Yogyakarta



Title of Book : David Copperfield
Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Addison Wesley Ltd and Penguin Book Ltd 1996
Year of publication : 2008




Setting ( time and place )

David Copperfield is a story about how weak people need the help of strong, good people. Charles Dickens started to write this story in 1849, when he was thirty-seven years old in England. This story is not only show about suffer, unfairness life and the seriousness of the problems but also shown how everyone search for happiness. David Copperfield, like the other poor children in Dicken’s stories, is a good person but he suffers terribly. He is badly hurt in love and hated by his new father and even his friend is dishonest with him. Most of the places taken from this story are in Yarmouth, which is Pegotty’s home, London where David stays, Canterbury where David’s aunt live and most of the story takes place in England. (sources: David Copperfield story book, Charles Dickens, Addison Wesley Ltd and Penguin Book Ltd 1996).

Major Characters : Give a brief description of each character.

1.    David Copperfield
He is the major character in the story, a protagonist character. This story belongs to him because this story tells about his adventure such as his suffer, his love story and his struggle to find happiness in the terribly life he has at that time. He has a bad life since the first time he was born, his aunt dislike him. His struggle begins when he sent to Salem House to get school, there he met his friends Steerforth and Traddles and built the story into sadness and happiness.


2.    Agnes Wickfield
She is Mr. Wickfield’s daughter.  She is pretty and an educated woman, full of cares to David, especially when David tried to help his father’s company by the crime from Uriah Heep. She becomes dull when his father got broke and Uriah Heep started to own the company arrogantly. But then David saved her company by the help from Mr. Mickabear. Agnes felt in love to David but David feels sister to her at the first time, so she decided to keep her feeling until someday Dora whose David’s wife ask her to marry David before she dead and Agnes then marry David in the end.

3.    Miss Trotwood
She is David’s aunt whose dislike him at the first time he was born. But, she takes the important role in David’s life because from her David could survive his life from his terrible new father then makes David meet Mr. Wickfield whose finally brings David to meet Agnes, David’s most important woman ever. From Miss Trotwood, David can get protection from strong and good people. There the statement “weak people need the help of strong, good people”. She is Miss Trotwood who gives protection, even though she fails in the middle of the story because Uriah Heep cheated on her, but finally she found her money back and had happy life with David’s new family with Agnes.


Book Report : Braveheart (by: Randal Wallace)

Title of Book : Braveheart
Author : Randal Wallace
Publisher : Addison Wesley Ltd and Penguin Book Ltd 1998
Year of publication : 2008




Setting ( of time and place )


Braveheart is a 1995 epic historical drama film directed by and starring Mel Gibson. The film was written for the screen and then novelized by Randall Wallace. Gibson portrays Sir William Wallace, a 13th century Scottish knight who gained recognition when he came to the forefront of the First War of Scottish Independence by opposing King Edward I of England, also known as "Longshanks"
The story "Braveheart" starts off in Scotland, 1280 AD.

Major Characters : Give a brief description of each character.

1. William Wallace
Description : He is the major character because all the story tells about him and his adventure to struggle the independent of Scottish. The story begins when his father and brother are killed fighting English soldiers, he leaves Scotland and travels abroad with his uncle. Upon returning, he marries his childhood friend Murron. After Murron is summarily executed by an English magistrate, Wallace leads an uprising demanding justice that leads to the Wars of Scottish Independence.

2. Edward I
Description : Edward I of England, the primary antagonist. Nicknamed "Longshanks" for his height over 6 feet, the King is depicted as a tyrannical psychopath. He is also shown to be emotionally and physically abusive to his son. Determined to ruthlessly put down the Scottish uprising, he intends to ensure his rule over all of the Britain. Despite serving as the film's villain, he and Wallace do not share a single scene throughout.

3. Princes Isabelle
Description : Princess Isabelle of France, who sympathizes with the Scottish and admires Wallace. She helps Wallace to face the situation during his war against Edward I and she helps Wallace to have the truce as the offering of Edward I.

Book Report ; The Three Musketeers (by: Alexandre Dumas)

Title : The Three Musketeers
Author : Alexandre Dumas
Publisher : Penguin Books 2000
Published : 2008




Setting of time

The Three Musketeers written by Alexander Dumas is a story in sixteenth century. It is a fascinating and entertaining story. The Three Musketeers is the example of heroic story and it is happened in exciting times in European history.

Setting of Place

The Three Musketeers takes place in France in most of the story and some of the story takes place in England. “Well, all right” said D’Artagnan’s father. “Go to Paris” (chapter 1, first line page 1). The era of the story was the era of Louise XIII in France and The Duke of Buckingham.

3 Major Characters

a. D’Artagnan
    The heroic story of The Three Musketeers most of the adventures tell about D’Artagnan’s adventures. He is the first and the major character I the story. He did the adventure in exciting way, brilliant and full of honesty. A person who has a courage that reflects honesty and tough intention to be a musketeer like his father was.
   
b.Constance Bonacieux
    She has an important rule in making D’Artagnan’s history and find his life finally to be a musketeer. She involves him to the duty from the Queen and there the story begins. The Queen asked D’Artagnan to help her to send a letter to The Duke of Buckingham. D’Artagnan felt in love with her in the story finally.

c. Athos, Porthos and Aramis (The Three Musketeers)
    They are the three musketeers who have a tough loyalty to The King under the command from Monsieur de Treville, the three musketeer’s leader. They are the important actors after D’Artagnan.


Poetry Analysis ; The Pool (by Hilda Doolittle)

The Pool   
by Hilda Doolittle

Are you alive? ~~Auditory Imagery
I touch you. ~~Tactile Imagery
You quiver like a sea-fish. ~~Visual Imagery
I cover you with my net. ~~kinesthetic imagery
What are you - banded one? ~~Auditory Imagery


The Analysis of the poem and paraphrase

It is human interaction between the speaker and the person who the speaker is asking a question and intends to give a help. The person (ref to: You quiver like a sea-fish) reflects someone that is in trouble or dying (sick or lost of spirit). The speaker tries to offer a help to the person mentioned and asking what exactly her or his trouble is?

Poetry Analysis ; I Stop Writing the Poem (by: Tess Gallagher)

I Stop Writing the Poem
by Tess Gallagher  
  
to fold the clothes. No matter who lives ~~kinesthetic imagery
or who dies, I'm still a woman. ~~Auditory Imagery
I'll always have plenty to do.
I bring the arms of his shirt ~~ kinesthetic imagery
together. Nothing can stop
our tenderness. I'll get back
to the poem. I'll get back to being
a woman. But for now
there's a shirt, a giant shirt ~~Visual imagery
in my hands, and somewhere a small girl  ~~Visual imagery
standing next to her mother ~~ kinesthetic imagery
watching to see how it's done. ~~Visual imagery



The Analysis of the poem and paraphrase


to fold the clothes. No matter who lives
or who dies, I'm still a woman.
I'll always have plenty to do.


As a woman (ref to: "I'm still a woman") She folds the clothes that the women usually do as a wife. The writer tries to show the reader that the person in the story is a woman that sad because her husband’s death. She has plenty of time to do the housework including laundry.