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Part 2: Literary Devices in The Importance of Being Earnest

Question 1 • OK-English Language Arts 12 B 34121B

Which statement best explains the paradox in this line?

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No one would agree that doing nothing is hard work, so the statement is clearly meant as a joke.
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Algernon thinks that doing nothing is hard work, but he does not actually know what hard work is like.
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Doing nothing seems like it should be quite easy, but sometimes it really can be difficult to do nothing.
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