Part 2: Literary Devices in The Importance of Being Earnest

Question 3 • 0400W.1Y_English 4 Web Recovery* – S2691598

Which line from Act II of The Importance of Being Earnest is a paradox?

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“Child, you know how anxious your guardian is that you should improve yourself in every way.”

“I certainly wouldn’t let Jack buy my outfit. He has no taste in neckties at all.”

“Oh! It is strange he never mentioned to me that he had a ward. How secretive of him!

“Well, one must be serious about something, if one wants to have any amusement in life.”

Explanation

A paradox is a statement that seems contradictory or absurd but expresses a point. In choice D, the speaker says one must be serious in order to have amusement, linking two ideas that seem opposed. The contrast makes the line paradoxical.

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